Egan's Fundamental - Chapter 1 exam 2024/2025 with 100% correct answers
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Egan\\\'s Fundamental - Chapter 1
AARC correct answersAmerican Association for Respiratory Care (Role: Provides education, advocacy, publications.
CoARC correct answersCommittee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (Role:Guides for school and accreditation)
NBRC correct answersNational Board for Respiratory Care (organizatio...
Egan's Fundamental - Chapter 1
AARC correct answersAmerican Association for Respiratory Care (Role: Provides education, advocacy,
publications.
CoARC correct answersCommittee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (Role:Guides for school and
accreditation)
NBRC correct answersNational Board for Respiratory Care (organization responsible for the respiratory
credentialing examinations)
Cardiopulmonry system correct answersheart and lungs working together is the "bread and butter" of
our profession.
Respiratory Care correct answersname suggesting increased involvement in disease prevention and
management and promotion of health and wellness.
Respiratory therapy correct answershealth care discipline that specializes in the promotion of optimum
cardiopulmonary health.
Respiratory therapist's correct answersindividual trained to deliver care to patients with heart and lung
disease.
Oxygen Therapy correct answerswidely prescribed in hospitals by the 1940s and still a mainstay of
respiratory care.
Aerosol Medications correct answersOne of the primary treatments for asthma uses this method of
delivery.
Mechanical ventilation correct answersiron lung is an example of this therapy that helps patients who
cannot breath.
, airway managment correct answersrelieving obstruction is the key to this respiratory procedure.
pulmonary function testing correct answersmethod to test the way that height, age, obesity, and disease
alter lung function.
Physician Assistant correct answerscaregiver who acts as a physician extender after receiving additional
education.
Respiratory care practitioner(s) correct answersis another name for the RT is this more formal term
Define respiratory care profession in your own words correct answersThe actual definition of respiratory
therapy is "the health care discipline that specializes in the promotion of optimal cardiopulmonary
function and health."
Include at least THREE main concepts of RT profession correct answersMain concepts include:
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 respiratory
disease, and the promotion of health and wellness.
How did respiratory profession get started? correct answersThe Inhalation Therapy Association (ITA) was
the first professional association in respiratory care. The ITA became the American Association for
Inhalation Therapists (AAIT) in 1954, the American Association for Respiratory Therapy (ARRT) in 1973,
and the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) in 1982.
Respiratory Therapy has 3 main professional associations what is the full name ? correct answersCoARC:
Committtee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care
NBRC: National Board for Respiratory Care
AARC: American Association for Respiratory Care
Respiratory Therapy has 3 main professional associations what is the role for each one of them? correct
answersCoARC: Guidelines for schools and accreditation
NBRC: Credentialing examinations
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