Hutchinson observed what? - the relationship between height and lung volume and that vital
capacity decreases with age, obesity, and lung disease
CoARC - Committee of Accreditation of Respiratory Care
Reviews Respiratory Care Educational Program
-responsible for ensuring that respiratory therap...
Egan's Chapter 1
Hutchinson observed what? - the relationship between height and lung volume and that vital
capacity decreases with age, obesity, and lung disease
CoARC - Committee of Accreditation of Respiratory Care
Reviews Respiratory Care Educational Program
-responsible for ensuring that respiratory therapy educational programs follow accrediting standards
What are the many names of the ITA? (4 total & dates) - The ITA became the American Association
for Inhalation Therapists (AAIT) in 1945, the American Association for Respiratory Therapy (AART) in
1954, the American Association for Respiratory Therapy (ARRT) in 1973, and finally the American
Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) in 1982.
Respiratory Care - The health care discipline that specializes in the promotion of optimum
cardiopulmonary function and health.
Respiratory therapists (RTs) - apply scientific principles to prevent, identify, and treat acute or
chronic dysfunction of the cardiopulmonary system. Respiratory care includes the assessment,
treatment, management control, diagnostic evaluation, education, and care of patients with deficiencies
and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary system.
Respiratory Care Practitioners - A graduate of a CoARC accredited school designed to qualify the
graduate for the registry examination of the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC).
The first health care specialists appeared when? - 1940s
When did the first therapeutic administration of oxygen occur? When was it established, and when was
it routinely used? - 1798. Use of oxygen to treat respiratory disease became established by the
1920s, and oxygen was used routinely in hospitals by the 1940s.
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