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Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory
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, Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
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Kacmarek et al.: Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 12th Edition
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Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
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Promoting lung health and wellnes @ @ @ @
s Providing patient education
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Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonary health status Selli
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ng oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
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1 only
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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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Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic eval
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uation, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the cardiopul
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monary system. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of respiratory d
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isease, the management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of health and welln
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ess.
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Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
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Skilled nursing facilities Diag
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nostic laboratories Hospitals o
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r acute care settings Outpatient
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physician offices
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Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings.
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Who is considered to be the ―father of medicine‖?
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otle
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The foundation of modern Western medicine was laid in ancient Greece with the developme
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nt of the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is attributed to the
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@―father of medicine,‖ Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth
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, In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the relationship between gas, volume, a
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nd pressure. What was the chemist’s name?
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Robert Boyle @
Anthony van Leeuwenhoek Nicolau @ @ @
s Copernicus
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The chemist, Robert Boyle, published what is now known as ―Boyle’s law,‖ governing t
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he relationship between gas, volume, and pressure.
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Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as ―dephlogisticated air‖?
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Robert Boyle Ja @ @
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In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discovery of O2, which he called ―dephlogisticated a
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ir.‖
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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 Jo @ @
seph Prestley Ja @ @
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homas Young @
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John Dalton described his law of partial pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his atomic
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Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
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Louis Pasteur
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In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his ―germ theory‖ of disease, which held that many diseas
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es are 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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John Dalton Wil @ @
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In 1895, William Roentgen discovered the x-
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ray and the modern field of radiologic imaging sciences was born.
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What was the primary duty of the first inhalation therapists?
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Provide airway care. Supp @ @ @
ort O2 therapy. Aerosol th
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Maintain patients on mechanical ventilation.
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The first inhalation therapists were really just O2 technicians.
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When did the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ become standard?
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In 1974, the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ became standard.
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Who was the first to develop the large-scale production of O2 in 1907?
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Robert Dalton Da @ @
vid Boyle Thoma
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Large-scale production of O2 was developed by Karl von Linde in 1907.
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When was the first Venti-
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mask introduced that allows the precise delivery of 24%, 28%, 35%,and 40% O2?
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The Campbell Venti-
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mask, which allowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40% O2, was introduced in
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1960.
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