Test Bank for Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care
Respiratory therapist
A professional involved in promoting lung health, providing patient education,
and assessing cardiopulmonary health status.
Majority of respiratory therapists
Approximately 75% work in hospitals or acute care settings.
Father of medicine
Hippocrates, attributed to the development of the Hippocratic Corpus.
Chemist describing gas, volume, and pressure relationship
Robert Boyle, known for 'Boyle's law.'
Discovery of O2 in 1774
Joseph Priestley, described as 'dephlogisticated air.'
Law of partial pressures for gas mixture
John Dalton in 1801.
, Scientist suggesting microorganisms cause diseases
Louis Pasteur in 1865 with the 'germ theory.'
Discovery of x-ray
William Roentgen in 1895, leading to modern radiology.
Primary duty of first inhalation therapists
Supporting O2 therapy.
Standardization of 'respiratory therapist' designation
In 1974.
Development of large-scale O2 production in 1907
Karl von Linde.
Introduction of Venti-mask for O2 delivery
In 1960.
First use of aerosolized glucocorticoids for asthma
Began in the 1970s.
Respiratory therapist
A professional involved in promoting lung health, providing patient education,
and assessing cardiopulmonary health status.
Majority of respiratory therapists
Approximately 75% work in hospitals or acute care settings.
Father of medicine
Hippocrates, attributed to the development of the Hippocratic Corpus.
Chemist describing gas, volume, and pressure relationship
Robert Boyle, known for 'Boyle's law.'
Discovery of O2 in 1774
Joseph Priestley, described as 'dephlogisticated air.'
Law of partial pressures for gas mixture
John Dalton in 1801.
, Scientist suggesting microorganisms cause diseases
Louis Pasteur in 1865 with the 'germ theory.'
Discovery of x-ray
William Roentgen in 1895, leading to modern radiology.
Primary duty of first inhalation therapists
Supporting O2 therapy.
Standardization of 'respiratory therapist' designation
In 1974.
Development of large-scale O2 production in 1907
Karl von Linde.
Introduction of Venti-mask for O2 delivery
In 1960.
First use of aerosolized glucocorticoids for asthma
Began in the 1970s.
