Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care
12th Edition
CHAPTER NO. 01: HISTORY OF RESPIRATORY CARE
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION & ANSWERS
Q-1. Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory
therapist?
1. Promoting lung health and wellness
2. Providing patient education
3. Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonary health status
4. Selling oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
a 1 and 3 only
.
b 2 and 4 only
.
c. 1, 2, and 3 only
d 2, 3, and 4 only
.
ANS: C
Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, con-
trol, diagnostic evaluation, education, and care of patients with deficiencies
and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary system. Respiratory care is in-
creasingly involved in the prevention of respiratory disease, the manage-
,ment of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of health and well-
ness.
DIF: Recall OBJ: 1
Q-2. Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
a Skilled nursing facilities
.
b Diagnostic laboratories
.
c. Hospitals or acute care settings
d Outpatient physician offices
.
ANS: C
Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other
acute care settings.
DIF: Recall OBJ: 1
Q-3. Who is considered to be the “father of medicine”?
a Hippocrates
.
b Galen
,.
c. Erasistratus
d Aristotle
.
ANS: A
The foundation of modern Western medicine was laid in ancient Greece
with the development of the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient
medical writings is attributed to the “father of medicine,” Hippocrates, a
Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
DIF: Recall OBJ: 2
Q-4. In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the rela-
tionship between gas, volume, and pressure. What was the chemist’s
name?
a Sir Isaac Newton
.
b Robert Boyle
.
c. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
d Nicolaus Copernicus
.
ANS: B
The chemist, Robert Boyle, published what is now known as “Boyle’s law,”
governing the relationship between gas, volume, and pressure.
DIF: Recall OBJ: 2
, Q-5. Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as “dephlogisti-
cated air”?
a Robert Boyle
.
b Jacque Charles
.
c. Thomas Beddoes
d Joseph Priestley
.
ANS: D
In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discovery of O2, which he called
“dephlogisticated air.”
DIF: Recall OBJ: 2
Q-6. Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pres-
sures for a gas mixture?
a John Dalton
.
b Joseph Prestley
.
c. Jacque Charles
d Thomas Young
.
ANS: A
