,Chapter s 01 s - s History s of s Respiratory s Care
Kacmarek s et s al.: s Egan’s s Fundamentals s of s Respiratory s sCare, s 11th s Edition
MULTIPLE s CHOICE
Which s of s the s following s is s an s expected s role s of s a s respiratory s therapist?
Promoting s lung s health
s andswellness sProviding
spatientseducation
Assessing sthe spatient’s scardiopulmonary shealth
sstatus sSelling soxygen s(O2) stherapy sdevices sto
spatients
1 s only
1 s and s4 s only
1, s 2, sand s 3 s only
d. s 1, s 2, s s3, s and s s4
ANS: s C
Respiratory scare sincludes sthe sassessment, streatment, smanagement, scontrol, sdiagnostic
sevaluation, seducation, sand scare sof spatients swith sdeficiencies sand sabnormalities sof sthe
scardiopulmonary s system. sRespiratory s care sis s increasingly s involved sin sthe
s prevention
of s respiratory s disease, s the s management sof s patients s with s chronic s disease, s and
s promotionsof s healthand s wellness.
DIF: Recall REF: p. s 3 OBJ: s 1
Where s are s the s majority s of s respiratory s therapists s employed?
Skilled snursing sfacilities
sDiagnostic slaboratories
sHospitals sor sacute scare
ssettingssOutpatient sphysician
soffices
ANS: s C
Approximately s 75% s of s all s respiratory s therapists s work s in s hospitals s or s other s acute s care
s settings.
DIF: Recall REF: p. s 3 OBJ: s 1
Who s sis s sconsidered s sto s sbe s sthe s s―father s sof s smedicine‖?
Hippocrates
sGalen
sErasistratu
ss sAristotle
ANS: s A
The sfoundation sof smodern sWestern smedicine swas slaid sin sancient sGreece swith sthe
sdevelopmentof s the sHippocratic sCorpus. sThis s scollection sof s ancient smedical swritings
sissattributed s sto s sthe s s―father s sof s smedicine,‖ s sHippocrates, s sa s sGreek s sphysician s swho s
slived sduring s the sfifth s sand s sfourth scenturies sBC.
DIF: Recall REF: pp. s 3-4 OBJ: s 2
,In s 1662, s a s chemist spublished s a s book s that s described s the s relationship s between s gas,
s volume,sandpressure. s What swas s the schemist’s s name?
Sir sIsaac
sNewton
sRobertsBoyle
Anthony svan
sLeeuwenhoek
sNicolaussCopernicus
ANS: s B
The s schemist, s sRobert s sBoyle, s spublished s swhat s sis s snow s sknown s sas s s―Boyle’s s slaw,‖ s
sgoverning s sthe srelationship s between s gas, svolume, sand s pressure.
DIF: Recall REF: p. s 6 OBJ: 2
Who s sdiscovered s sO2 s sin s s1774 s sand s sdescribed s sit s sas s s―dephlogisticated s sair‖?
Robert sBoyle
sJacque
sCharles
sThomas
sBeddoes
sJoseph
sPriestley
ANS: s D
In s 1774, s Joseph s Priestley s described s his s discovery s of sO2, s which s he s called
―dephlogisticatedair.‖
DIF: Recall REF: pp. s 6-7 OBJ: s 2
Who s is s credited s with s first s describing s the s law s of s partial s pressures s for s a s gas smixture?
John sDalton
sJoseph
sPrestley
sJacque
sCharles
sThomas
sYoung
ANS: s A
John sDalton sdescribed shis slaw sof spartial spressures sfor sa sgas smixture sin s1801 sand shis
satomictheory s in s 1808.
DIF: Recall REF: p. s 7 OBJ: s 2
Who s was s the s first s scientist s in s 1865 s to s suggest sthat s microorganisms s caused s many
s diseases?
Thomas
sYoung
sLouis
sPasteur
sHenry
sGraham
sRobert
s Koch
, ANS: s B
In s s1865, s sLouis s sPasteur s sadvanced s shis s s―germ s stheory‖ s sof s sdisease, s swhich s sheld s
sthat s smany sdiseasesare s caused sby s microorganisms.
DIF: Recall REF: p. s 7 OBJ: s 2
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