,Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
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Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
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Promoting lung health and wellnessP fi fi fi fi if
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Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic evaluat
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ion, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonar
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y system. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of respiratorydisease, the
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management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of healthand wellness.
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Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
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Skilled nursing facilities Diagn fi fi fi
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Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings. fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi
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Who is considered to be the ―father of medicine‖?
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The foundation of modern Western medicine was laid in ancient Greece with the developmentof
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the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is attributed to the ―father
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of medicine,‖ Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth centuries B
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The chemist, Robert Boyle, published what is now known as ―Boyle’s law,‖ governing therel
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ationship between gas, volume, and pressure. fi fi fi fi fi
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Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as ―dephlogisticated air‖?
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In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discoveryof O2, which he called ―dephlogisticatedair.‖
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Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
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John Dalton described his law of partial pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his atomictheor
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Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
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In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his ―germ theory‖ of disease, which held that manydiseasesar
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e caused by microorganisms.
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Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
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