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,Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
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1. Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
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1. Promoting lung health and wellness dt dt dt dt


2. Providing patient education dt dt


3. Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonary health status dt dt dt dt dt


4. Selling oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
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Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic
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evaluation, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the
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cardiopulmonary system. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of
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respiratory disease, the management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of
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health and wellness.
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2. Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
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a. Skilled nursing facilities dt dt


b. Diagnostic laboratories dt


c. Hospitals or acute care settings dt dt dt dt


d. Outpatient physician offices dt dt




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Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care
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settings.
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3. Who is considered to be the “father of medicine”?
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a. Hippocrates
b. Galen
c. Erasistratus
d. Aristotle
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The foundation of modern Western medicine was laid in ancient Greece with the
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development of the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is
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attributed to the “father of medicine,” Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during
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the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
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,4. In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the relationship between gas,
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volume, and pressure. What was the chemist’s name?
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a. Sir Isaac Newtondt dt


b. Robert Boyle dt


c. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek dt dt


d. Nicolaus Copernicus dt




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The chemist, Robert Boyle, published what is now known as “Boyle’s law,” governing the
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relationship between gas, volume, and pressure.
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5. Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as “dephlogisticated air”?
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a. Robert Boyle dt


b. Jacque Charles dt


c. Thomas Beddoes dt


d. Joseph Priestley dt




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In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discovery of O2, which he called “dephlogisticated
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air.”
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6. Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
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a. John Dalton dt


b. Joseph Prestley dt


c. Jacque Charles dt


d. Thomas Young dt




ANSWER: d t A
John Dalton described his law of partial pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his
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atomic theory in 1808.
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7. Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
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a. Thomas Young dt


b. Louis Pasteur dt


c. Henry Graham dt


d. Robert Koch dt




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In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his “germ theory” of disease, which held that many
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diseases are caused by microorganisms.
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8. Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
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a. John Dalton dt


b. William Smith dt

, c. William Roentgen dt


d. Thomas Young dt




ANSWER: d t C
In 1895, William Roentgen discovered the x-ray and the modern field of radiologic imaging
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sciences was born.
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9. What was the primary duty of the first inhalation therapists?
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a. Provide airway care. dt dt


b. Support O2 therapy. dt dt


c. Aerosol therapy to patients. dt dt dt


d. Maintain patients on mechanical ventilation. dt dt dt dt




ANSWER: d t B
The first inhalation therapists were really just O2 techniciANSWER.
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10. When did the designation “respiratory therapist” become standard?
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a. 1954
b. 1964
c. 1974
d. 1984
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In 1974, the designation “respiratory therapist” became standard.
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11. Who was the first to develop the large-scale production of O2 in 1907?
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a. Robert Dalton dt


b. David Boyle dt


c. Thomas Anderson dt


d. Karl von Linde dt dt




ANSWER: d t D
Large-scale production of O2 was developed by Karl von Linde in 1907.
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12. When was the first Venti-mask introduced that allows the precise delivery of 24%, 28%,
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35%, and 40% O2?
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a. 1945
b. 1954
c. 1960
d. 1972
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The Campbell Venti-mask, which allowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40%
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O2, was introduced in 1960.
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