MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following is NOT an expected role of a respiratory therapist?

a. promoting lung health and wellness

b. providing patient education

c. assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonary health status

d. selling oxygen therapy devices to patients

ANS: D

Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic

evaluation, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the

cardiopulmonary system. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of

respiratory disease, the management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of health

and wellness.

2. Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?

a. skilled nursing facilities

b. diagnostic laboratories

c. hospitals or acute care settings

d. outpatient physician offices

ANS: C

About 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings.

3. Who is considered to be the “father of medicine”?

a. Hippocrates

b. Galen

c. Erasistratus

d. Aristotle

ANS: A

The foundation of modern Western medicine was laid in ancient Greece with the development

of the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is attributed to the

“father of medicine,” Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth

centuries BC.