Test Bank for Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 12th Edition by Robert M. Kacmarek
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Respiratory care
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Respiratory Care
Test Bank for Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 12th Edition 12e by Robert M. Kacmarek, James K. Stoller, Al Heuer. Full Chapters test bank are included - Chap 1 to 58 (Complete chapters)
I: Foundations of Respiratory Care
1. History of Respiratory Care
2. The Profession of Respiratory ...
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,
control, diagnostic evaluation, education, and care of patients with
deficiencies and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary system.
Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of respiratory
disease, the management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion
of health and wellness.
PTS: 1
DIF: Recall
OBJ: 1
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.
PTS: 1
DIF: Recall
OBJ: 1
,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.
PTS: 1
DIF: Recall
OBJ: 2
4.In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the relationship
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.
PTS: 1
DIF: Recall
OBJ: 2
5. Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as "dephlogisticated 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."
PTS: 1
DIF: Recall
OBJ: 2
6.Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a
gas mixture?
a. John Dalton
b. Joseph Prestley
c. Jacque Charles
d. Thomas Young
ANS: a
John Dalton described his law of partial pressures for a gas mixture in
1801 and his atomic theory in 1808.
PTS: 1
DIF: Recall
OBJ: 2
7.Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms
caused many diseases?
a. Thomas Young
b. Louis Pasteur
c. Henry Graham
d. Robert Koch
ANS: b
In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his "germ theory" of disease, which
held that many diseases are caused by microorganisms.
PTS: 1
DIF: Recall
OBJ: 2
, 8.Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field of
radiology?
a. John Dalton
b. William Smith
c. William Roentgen
d. Thomas Young
ANS: c
In 1895, William Roentgen discovered the x-ray and the modern field of
radiologic imaging sciences was born.
PTS: 1
DIF: Recall
OBJ: 2
9. What was the primary duty of the first inhalation therapists?
a. Provide airway care.
b. Support O2 therapy.
c. Aerosol therapy to patients.
d. Maintain patients on mechanical ventilation.
ANS: b
The first inhalation therapists were really just O2 technicians.
PTS: 1
DIF: Recall
OBJ: 3
10. When did the designation "respiratory therapist" become standard?
a. 1954
b. 1964
c. 1974
d. 1984
ANS: c
In 1974, the designation "respiratory therapist" became standard.
PTS: 1
DIF: Recall
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