TEST BANK FOR EGAN S FUNDAMENTALS OF
RESPIRATORY CARE 2026/2027 || RESPIRATORY THERAPY
REVIEW || VERIFIED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS || HIGH-
YIELD STUDY GUIDE || COMPLETE TEST BANK || GRADED
A+
Respiratory Therapist Role - CORRECT ANSWER -Promotes lung health
and provides patient education.
Respiratory Care - CORRECT ANSWER -Assessment, treatment, and
management of cardiopulmonary issues.
Chronic Disease Management - CORRECT ANSWER -Involves care for
patients with long-term respiratory conditions.
Health Promotion - CORRECT ANSWER -Encourages wellness and
prevention of respiratory diseases.
Employment in Respiratory Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER -75% work in
hospitals or acute care settings.
Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER -Considered the 'father of medicine' in
ancient Greece.
Hippocratic Corpus - CORRECT ANSWER -Collection of ancient medical
writings attributed to Hippocrates.
Boyle's Law - CORRECT ANSWER -Describes relationship between gas,
volume, and pressure.
Robert Boyle - CORRECT ANSWER -Published Boyle's Law in 1662
regarding gases.
Joseph Priestley - CORRECT ANSWER -Discovered oxygen in 1774,
called it 'dephlogisticated air'.
,Law of Partial Pressures - CORRECT ANSWER -Describes pressures of
individual gases in a mixture.
John Dalton - CORRECT ANSWER -Formulated the law of partial
pressures in 1801.
Germ Theory of Disease - CORRECT ANSWER -Proposes
microorganisms cause many diseases; advanced by Pasteur.
Louis Pasteur - CORRECT ANSWER -Pioneered germ theory in 1865,
linking germs to disease.
William Roentgen - CORRECT ANSWER -Discovered X-rays in 1895,
founding modern radiology.
Acute Care Settings - CORRECT ANSWER -Facilities providing
immediate medical attention, like hospitals.
Patient Education - CORRECT ANSWER -Informs patients about their
health and treatment options.
Cardiopulmonary Health Status - CORRECT ANSWER -Assessment of
heart and lung function in patients.
Diagnostic Evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER -Process of determining the
nature of a patient's condition.
Respiratory Disease Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -Strategies aimed
at reducing incidence of respiratory conditions.
,Respiratory Care Management - CORRECT ANSWER -Ongoing care and
treatment of respiratory health issues.
Microorganisms - CORRECT ANSWER -Tiny organisms that can cause
diseases in humans.
First inhalation therapists - CORRECT ANSWER -Provided airway care
and O2 therapy.
Respiratory therapist designation - CORRECT ANSWER -Became standard
in 1974.
Karl von Linde - CORRECT ANSWER -Developed large-scale O2
production in 1907.
Campbell Venti-mask - CORRECT ANSWER -Introduced in 1960 for
precise O2 delivery.
Aerosolized glucocorticoids - CORRECT ANSWER -Introduced in the
1970s for asthma maintenance.
Inotropes - CORRECT ANSWER -Medications never aerosolized by
therapists.
Iron lung development - CORRECT ANSWER -Linked to Drinker and
Emerson.
, Positive-pressure ventilators - CORRECT ANSWER -Early models include
Dräger Pulmotor and Bird Mark 7.
PEEP introduction - CORRECT ANSWER -First used in ARDS patients in
1967.
SIMV introduction - CORRECT ANSWER -Synchronized intermittent
mandatory ventilation introduced in 1975.
First laryngoscope - CORRECT ANSWER -Introduced by Chevalier
Jackson in 1913.
O2 technicians - CORRECT ANSWER -First inhalation therapists
primarily focused on O2.
Aerosol therapy - CORRECT ANSWER -Delivery method for respiratory
medications.
Mechanical ventilation - CORRECT ANSWER -Support for patients unable
to breathe independently.
Respiratory medications - CORRECT ANSWER -Include bronchodilators,
mucolytics, and antibiotics.
Polio epidemic treatment - CORRECT ANSWER -Iron lung used
extensively during the 1950s.
Dräger Pulmotor - CORRECT ANSWER -One of the first positive-pressure
ventilators.
RESPIRATORY CARE 2026/2027 || RESPIRATORY THERAPY
REVIEW || VERIFIED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS || HIGH-
YIELD STUDY GUIDE || COMPLETE TEST BANK || GRADED
A+
Respiratory Therapist Role - CORRECT ANSWER -Promotes lung health
and provides patient education.
Respiratory Care - CORRECT ANSWER -Assessment, treatment, and
management of cardiopulmonary issues.
Chronic Disease Management - CORRECT ANSWER -Involves care for
patients with long-term respiratory conditions.
Health Promotion - CORRECT ANSWER -Encourages wellness and
prevention of respiratory diseases.
Employment in Respiratory Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER -75% work in
hospitals or acute care settings.
Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER -Considered the 'father of medicine' in
ancient Greece.
Hippocratic Corpus - CORRECT ANSWER -Collection of ancient medical
writings attributed to Hippocrates.
Boyle's Law - CORRECT ANSWER -Describes relationship between gas,
volume, and pressure.
Robert Boyle - CORRECT ANSWER -Published Boyle's Law in 1662
regarding gases.
Joseph Priestley - CORRECT ANSWER -Discovered oxygen in 1774,
called it 'dephlogisticated air'.
,Law of Partial Pressures - CORRECT ANSWER -Describes pressures of
individual gases in a mixture.
John Dalton - CORRECT ANSWER -Formulated the law of partial
pressures in 1801.
Germ Theory of Disease - CORRECT ANSWER -Proposes
microorganisms cause many diseases; advanced by Pasteur.
Louis Pasteur - CORRECT ANSWER -Pioneered germ theory in 1865,
linking germs to disease.
William Roentgen - CORRECT ANSWER -Discovered X-rays in 1895,
founding modern radiology.
Acute Care Settings - CORRECT ANSWER -Facilities providing
immediate medical attention, like hospitals.
Patient Education - CORRECT ANSWER -Informs patients about their
health and treatment options.
Cardiopulmonary Health Status - CORRECT ANSWER -Assessment of
heart and lung function in patients.
Diagnostic Evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER -Process of determining the
nature of a patient's condition.
Respiratory Disease Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -Strategies aimed
at reducing incidence of respiratory conditions.
,Respiratory Care Management - CORRECT ANSWER -Ongoing care and
treatment of respiratory health issues.
Microorganisms - CORRECT ANSWER -Tiny organisms that can cause
diseases in humans.
First inhalation therapists - CORRECT ANSWER -Provided airway care
and O2 therapy.
Respiratory therapist designation - CORRECT ANSWER -Became standard
in 1974.
Karl von Linde - CORRECT ANSWER -Developed large-scale O2
production in 1907.
Campbell Venti-mask - CORRECT ANSWER -Introduced in 1960 for
precise O2 delivery.
Aerosolized glucocorticoids - CORRECT ANSWER -Introduced in the
1970s for asthma maintenance.
Inotropes - CORRECT ANSWER -Medications never aerosolized by
therapists.
Iron lung development - CORRECT ANSWER -Linked to Drinker and
Emerson.
, Positive-pressure ventilators - CORRECT ANSWER -Early models include
Dräger Pulmotor and Bird Mark 7.
PEEP introduction - CORRECT ANSWER -First used in ARDS patients in
1967.
SIMV introduction - CORRECT ANSWER -Synchronized intermittent
mandatory ventilation introduced in 1975.
First laryngoscope - CORRECT ANSWER -Introduced by Chevalier
Jackson in 1913.
O2 technicians - CORRECT ANSWER -First inhalation therapists
primarily focused on O2.
Aerosol therapy - CORRECT ANSWER -Delivery method for respiratory
medications.
Mechanical ventilation - CORRECT ANSWER -Support for patients unable
to breathe independently.
Respiratory medications - CORRECT ANSWER -Include bronchodilators,
mucolytics, and antibiotics.
Polio epidemic treatment - CORRECT ANSWER -Iron lung used
extensively during the 1950s.
Dräger Pulmotor - CORRECT ANSWER -One of the first positive-pressure
ventilators.
