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, Chapter470147-47History47of47Respiratory47Care
Kacmarek4 7 et4 7 al.:4 7 Egan’s4 7 Fundamentals4 7 of4 7 Respiratory4 7 Care,4 7 12th4 7 Edition
MULTIPLE47CHOICE
Which47of47the47following47is47an47expected47role47of47a47respiratory47therapist?
Promoting47lung47health47and47well
ness47Providing47patient47education
Assessing47the47patient’s47cardiopulmonary47health47status47S
elling47oxygen47(O2)47therapy47devices47to47patients
147only
147and47447only
1,472,47and47347only
d.4 7 1,472,473,47and474
ANS:47 C
Respiratory47care47includes47the47assessment,47treatment,47management,47control,47diagnosti
c47evaluation,47education,47and47care47of47patients47with47deficiencies47and47abnormalities47
of47the47cardiopulmonary47system.47Respiratory47care47is47increasingly47involved47in47the47
prevention47of47respiratory47disease,47the47management47of47patients47with47chronic47disease,4
7and47promotion47of47health47and47wellness.
DIF: Recall REF:4 7 p.473 OBJ:47 1
Where47are47the47majority47of47respiratory47therapists47employed?
Skilled47nursing47facilities47Di
agnostic47laboratories47Hospit
als47or47acute47care47settings47Ou
tpatient47physician47offices
ANS:47 C
Approximately4775%47of47all47respiratory47therapists47work47in47hospitals47or47other47acute47care47setting
s.
DIF: Recall REF:4 7 p.473 OBJ:47 1
Who47is47considered47to47be47the47“father47of47medicine”?
Hippocrates
47Galen47Era
sistratus47Ari
stotle
ANS:4 7 A
The47foundation47of47modern47Western47medicine47was47laid47in47ancient47Greece47with47the47
development47of47the47Hippocratic47Corpus.47This47collection47of47ancient47medical47writings
47is47attributed47to47the47“father47of47medicine,”47Hippocrates,47a47Greek47physician47who47li
ved47during47the47fifth47and47fourth47centuries47BC.
DIF: Recall REF:4 7 pp.473-4 OBJ:4 7 2
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,In471662,47a47chemist47published47a47book47that47described47the47relationship47between47gas,4
7volume,47and47pressure.47What47was47the47chemist’s47name?
Sir47Isaac47Newto
n47Robert47Boyle
Anthony47van47Leeuwenhoek47Nicol
aus47Copernicus
ANS:47 B
The47chemist,47Robert47Boyle,47published47what47is47now47known47as47“Boyle’s47law,”47g
overning47the47relationship47between47gas,47volume,47and47pressure.
DIF: Recall REF:4 7 p.476 OBJ:4 7 2
Who47discovered47O247 in47177447and47described47it47as47“dephlogisticated47air”?
Robert47Boyle47J
acque47Charles47
Thomas47Beddoe
s47Joseph47Priestle
y
ANS:47 D
In471774,47Joseph47Priestley47described47his47discovery47of47O2,47which47he47called47“dephlog
isticated47air.”
DIF: Recall REF:4 7 pp.476-7 OBJ:4 7 2
Who47is47credited47with47first47describing47the47law47of47partial47pressures47for47a47gas47mixture?
John47Dalton47
Joseph47Prestle
y47Jacque47Char
les47Thomas47Yo
ung
ANS:4 7 A
John47Dalton47described47his47law47of47partial47pressures47for47a47gas47mixture47in47180147and
47his47atomic47theory47in471808.
DIF: Recall REF:4 7 p.477 OBJ:47 2
Who47was47the47first47scientist47in47186547to47suggest47that47microorganisms47caused47many47diseases?
Thomas47Youn
g47Louis47Paste
ur47Henry47Gr
aham47Robert47
Koch
ANS:47 B
In471865,47Louis47Pasteur47advanced47his47“germ47theory”47of47disease,47which47held47that47
many47diseases47are47caused47by47microorganisms.
DIF: Recall REF:4 7 p.477 OBJ:47 2
Who47discovered47the47x-ray47and47opened47the47door47for47the47modern47field47of47radiology?
John47Dalton47W
illiam47Smith
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