, Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
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Kacmarek et al.: Egan’s F undamentals of Respiratory Care, 13th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE 9i
Which o f the following is an e xpected role o f a respiratory therapist?
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Promoting lung health and wellness 9i 9i 9i 9i 9i
Providing patient education 9i 9i
Assessing t he patient’s cardiopulmonary health statusSelling
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oxygen (O2 ) therapy devices to patients
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1 only9i
1 and 4 only
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1, 2, and 3 only
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d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
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ANS: C 9i
Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic evalu
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ation, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the cardiopulm
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onary system. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of respiratory d isea
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se, the management of patients with chronic d isease, a nd promotion o f healtha nd wellness.
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DIF: Recall REF: 9 i p. 3 9i OBJ: 1 9i
Where are t he majority o f respiratory t herapists e mployed?
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Skilled nursing facilities Diag 9i 9i 9i
nostic laboratories Hospitals or9i 9i 9i
acute care settingsOutpatient p
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ANS: C 9i
Approximately 75% of a ll respiratory t herapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings.
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DIF: Recall REF: 9 i p. 3 9i OBJ: 1 9i
Who is considered to be the ―father o f medicine‖?
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Hippocrates 9i
Galen Erasi 9i
stratusArist 9i
otle
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The foundation of modern Western medicine was laid in a ncient Greece with the development
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of the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is attributed to the ―fa
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ther of medicine,‖ Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth cent
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uries BC. 9i
DIF: Recall REF: 9 i pp. 3-4 9i OBJ: 2 9i
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, In 1662, a chemist published a book t hat described the r elationship between gas, volume, and
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pressure. What was the chemist’s name? 9i 9i 9i 9i 9i
Sir Isaac Newton
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Robert Boyle 9i
Anthony van LeeuwenhoekN icolau 9i 9i 9i
s Copernicus
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ANS: B 9i
The chemist, Robert Boyle, published what is now known a s ―Boyle’s law,‖ governing t he r
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elationship between gas, volume, and pressure. 9i 9i 9i 9i 9i
DIF: Recall REF: 9 i p. 6 9i OBJ: 2 9 i
Who discovered O2 in 1774 a nd d escribed it as ―dephlogisticated air‖?
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Robert Boyle Jac 9i 9i
que Charles Tho 9i 9i
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eph Priestley 9i
ANS: D 9i
In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discovery o f O2 , which he called ―dephlogisticatedair.‖
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DIF: Recall REF: 9 i pp. 6-7 9i OBJ: 2 9i
Who is credited with first describing t he law o f partial pressures for a gas mixture?
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John Dalton Jo 9i 9i
seph PrestleyJa 9i 9i
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homas Young 9i
ANS: A 9i
John Dalton described his law o f partial pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his atomic the
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ory in 1808.9i 9i
DIF: Recall REF: 9 i p. 7 9i OBJ: 2 9i
Who was the first scientist in 1865 to s uggest that microorganisms caused many d iseases?
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Thomas Young 9i 9i
Louis Pasteur 9i 9i
Henry Graham 9i 9i
Robert Koch 9i
ANS: B 9i
In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his ―germ t heory‖ of d isease, which held that many d iseases
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are caused by microorganisms.
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DIF: Recall REF: 9 i p. 7 9i OBJ: 2 9i
Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field o f radiology?
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John Dalton Will 9i 9i
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ANS: C 9i
In 1895, William Roentgen d iscovered the x-
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ray and the modern field o f radiologic imagingsciences was born.
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DIF: Recall REF: 9 i p. 7 9i OBJ: 2 9i
What was the primary d uty o f the first inhalation therapists?
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Provide airway care. Supp 9i 9i 9i
ort O2 therapy. Aerosol the
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rapy to patients. 9i 9i
Maintain patients o n mechanical ventilation. 9i 9i 9i 9i
ANS: B 9i
The first inhalation therapists were really j ust O2 technicians.
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DIF: Recall REF: 9 i p. 7 9i OBJ: 3 9i
When did t he designation ―respiratory t herapist‖ become standard?
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a. 1954
b. 1964 9 i9i9 i
c. 1974
d. 1984 9 i9i9 i
ANS: C 9 i
In 1974, the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ became standard.
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DIF: Recall REF: 9 i p. 7 9i OBJ: 3 9i
Who was the first to develop the large-scale production of O 2 in 1907?
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Robert Dalton Da 9i 9i
vid Boyle Thoma 9i 9i
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ANS: D 9i
Large-scale production o f O2 was developed b y Karl von Linde in 1907.
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DIF: Recall REF: 9 i p. 7 9i OBJ: 4 9i
When was t he first Venti-
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mask introduced that allows t he precise delivery o f 24%, 28%, 35%,and40% O2 ?
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a. 1945
b. 1954 9 i9i9 i
c. 1960
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ANS: C 9 i
The Campbell Venti- 9i 9i
mask, which allowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40% O 2 ,was introduced in 19
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60.
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