EGANS FUNDAMENTALS OF RESPIRATORY
CARE 2026 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
◉ In what year was the Bird Mark 7 positive pressure ventilator
created? Answer: 1958
◉ What was the first professional association for the field of
respiratory care? Answer: Inhalational Therapy Association (ITA)
◉ What is the current professional organization for respiratory
care? Answer: American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
◉ Which organization administers the credentialing exam for RTs?
Answer: National Board for Respiratory Care
◉ Which organization oversees accreditation of educational
programs in the US and Canada? Answer: Committee on
Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)
◉ When was the American Registry of Inhalation Therapists
founded? Answer: 1960
◉ When was the AARC founded? Answer: 1947
,◉ What is the predominant standards-setting and accrediting body
in healthcare (in the US)? Answer: The Joint Commission
◉ What term means "the power potential behind the electrical
energy"? Answer: voltage
◉ What term means "the flow of electricity from a point of higher
voltage to one of lower voltage"? Answer: current
◉ What three conditions must exist for a fire to start? Answer:
flammable material, presence of O2, flammable material is heated
above its ignition temperature
◉ What does the acronym "PASS" stand for? (in reference to fire
extinguisher) Answer: Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
◉ In reference to fires, what does the acronym "RACE" stand for?
Answer: Rescue patients in immediate area of the fire
Alert other personnel
Contain the fire
Evacuate other patients and personnel
, ◉ What does the acronym "SBAR" stand for? Answer: Situation,
Background, Assessment, Recommendation
◉ What is a "nosocomial" infection? Answer: one that is hospital-
acquired
◉ Which three elements must be present for transmission of
infection within a healthcare setting? Answer: source (reservoir) of
pathogens, a route of transmission, a susceptible host
◉ What term means "inanimate objects that may serve to transfer
pathogens from one person to another"? Answer: fomites
◉ What does a bactericidal do? Answer: kill bacteria
◉ What does a bacteriostatic method do? Answer: inhibit growth of
bacteria
◉ What are examples of standard precautions? Answer: gloves,
gowns, masks, eye protection, face shields
◉ What PPE is required for contact precautions? Answer: gowns,
gloves
CARE 2026 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
◉ In what year was the Bird Mark 7 positive pressure ventilator
created? Answer: 1958
◉ What was the first professional association for the field of
respiratory care? Answer: Inhalational Therapy Association (ITA)
◉ What is the current professional organization for respiratory
care? Answer: American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
◉ Which organization administers the credentialing exam for RTs?
Answer: National Board for Respiratory Care
◉ Which organization oversees accreditation of educational
programs in the US and Canada? Answer: Committee on
Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)
◉ When was the American Registry of Inhalation Therapists
founded? Answer: 1960
◉ When was the AARC founded? Answer: 1947
,◉ What is the predominant standards-setting and accrediting body
in healthcare (in the US)? Answer: The Joint Commission
◉ What term means "the power potential behind the electrical
energy"? Answer: voltage
◉ What term means "the flow of electricity from a point of higher
voltage to one of lower voltage"? Answer: current
◉ What three conditions must exist for a fire to start? Answer:
flammable material, presence of O2, flammable material is heated
above its ignition temperature
◉ What does the acronym "PASS" stand for? (in reference to fire
extinguisher) Answer: Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
◉ In reference to fires, what does the acronym "RACE" stand for?
Answer: Rescue patients in immediate area of the fire
Alert other personnel
Contain the fire
Evacuate other patients and personnel
, ◉ What does the acronym "SBAR" stand for? Answer: Situation,
Background, Assessment, Recommendation
◉ What is a "nosocomial" infection? Answer: one that is hospital-
acquired
◉ Which three elements must be present for transmission of
infection within a healthcare setting? Answer: source (reservoir) of
pathogens, a route of transmission, a susceptible host
◉ What term means "inanimate objects that may serve to transfer
pathogens from one person to another"? Answer: fomites
◉ What does a bactericidal do? Answer: kill bacteria
◉ What does a bacteriostatic method do? Answer: inhibit growth of
bacteria
◉ What are examples of standard precautions? Answer: gloves,
gowns, masks, eye protection, face shields
◉ What PPE is required for contact precautions? Answer: gowns,
gloves
