UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO RESPIRATORY CARE 1 HOUR REFERENCE : EGAN`S FUNDAMENTALS OF
RESPARATORY CARE , 11TH EDITION , CHAPTER 1 WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 100% GRADED A+
Objective 1.1.1 Define "respiratory care".
Objective 1.1.2 Describe the roles of a Respiratory Therapist (RT).
Objective 1.1.3 Describe the history of respiratory therapy. - ANSWER-=I. History of Respiratory Therapy
what is respiratory care? - ANSWER-=•Respiratory care
-the health care discipline that specializes in the promotion of optimum cardiopulmonary function and
health
-AKA Respiratory therapy
what is respiratory therapist? - ANSWER-=•Respiratory therapist
-Specialists who apply scientific principles to prevent, identify, and treat, acute or chronic dysfunctions
of the cardiopulmonary system
-AKA Respiratory care practitioners
Describe the roles of a Respiratory Therapist (RT). - ANSWER-=•Assessment
•Treatment
•Management
•Control
•Diagnostic evaluation
•Education
•
...of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary system
Ancient Times (1550BC-499AD) - ANSWER-=Hippocrates
Aristotle (342-322 BC)
Erasistratus (330-240 BC)
Galen (130-199 AD)
***father of medicine - ANSWER-=Hippocrates
, Get a hint
UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO RESPIRATORY CARE 1 HOUR REFERENCE : EGAN`S FUNDAMENTALS OF
RESPARATORY CARE , 11TH EDITION , CHAPTER 1 WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 100% GRADED A+
first great biologist - ANSWER-=Aristotle (342-322 BC)
developed a pneumatic theory of respiration in Egypt - ANSWER-=Erasistratus (330-240 BC)
anatomist who believed the air had a substance vital to life - ANSWER-=Galen (130-199 AD)
Middle Ages (500AD-1500AD) - ANSWER-=The fall of the Roman empire in 476 AD resulted in a period of
slow scientific progress.
An intellectual rebirth in Europe began in the 12th century.
Renaissance (1450AD-1600AD) - ANSWER-=Leonardo da Vinci (1453-1519)
Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)
determined that sub atmospheric pressures inflated the lungs. - ANSWER-=Leonardo da Vinci (1453-
1519)
performed human dissections and experimented with resuscitation. - ANSWER-=Andreas Vesalius (1514-
1564)
17th Century - ANSWER-=Robert Boyle
Evangelista Torricelli
Blaisé Pascal
studied governing the relationship between gas volume and pressure - ANSWER-=Robert Boyle
invented barometer - ANSWER-=Evangelista Torricelli
showed that atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude - ANSWER-=Blaisé Pascal