1. CoArc: Responsible for quality of schools' programs
2. The Joint Commission (TJC): Uses site visits to check quality of care
3. Evidence-based medicine: Uses meta-analyses to find best care
4. National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC): Responsible for quality of
credentialing exams.
5. International Council for Respiratory Care (ICRC): Develops a worldwide
code of ethics within respiratory care.
6. Quality must be monitored to ensure it is being obtained. Give an example
of each main monitoring strategy.: Traditionally (determined by number of
procedures divided by effort)
Value-Based (amount of benefit provided by the therapy offered divided by effort)
7. How protocols enhance the quality of respiratory care services?: Protocols
related to use of equipment and medications provide a guide for the RT to follow.
Reducing misallocations including too much medicine/treatment being prescribed.
8. Coalition for Baccalaureate and Graduate Respiratory Therapy Education
(CoBGRTE): Organization that helps students, faculty, and general public learn
about baccalaureate and graduate respiratory therapy education in the US. One of
their goals is to provide means of communication among respiratory therapy
educators.
9. Misallocation: Ordering too many respiratory care services, and hinders
delivery of quality care
10. Protocols: Specific guidelines for delivering appropriate respiratory care
services
11. Highest credential in Respiratory Care: Registered Respiratory Therapist
12. Respiratory care credentialing examinations are administered by the?: -
NBRC
13. An approach to determining optimal patient management based on
research: Evidence-Based medicine
14. Three clinical signs of hypoxia/hypoxemia:: shortness of breath
tachycardia diaphoresis
15. Patient has a RR of 18 breaths/min, heart rate of 82 bpm, and 99% SpO2.
What treatment is recommended?: Patient has no history of lung disease.
Respiratory rate and heart rate seem normal. Patient does not need further
oxygen therapy.
16. If everything on the patient seems normal, what action would you
recommend at this time?: Place patient on room air, check oxygen
saturation, and discontinue oxygen if patient is feeling better.
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