RCP term 1 final

Question 1

primary duty of the first inhalation therapist

Answer 1

they provided oxygen therapy from large H cylinders and oxygen tents, masks, and nasal catheters

Question 2

year designated for RTs

Answer 2

1974

Question 3

degree needed for RT

Answer 3

associates

Question 4

AARC

Answer 4

organization for rt advocating, supporting and promoting high standards

Question 5

CoARC

Answer 5

commission on accreditation for resp care ; accrediting

Question 6

NBRC

Answer 6

credentialing examinations for rts

Question 7

TJC

Answer 7

the joint commission ; setting standards and accredits

Question 8

PASS

Answer 8

pull
aim
squeeze
sweep

Question 9

RACE

Answer 9

rescue
alarm
contain
evacuate

Question 10

the practice of withholding or misinforming someone to protect them from hard

Answer 10

Benevolent deception

Question 11

Patient’s right to choose treatment plan

Answer 11

Autonomy

Question 12

Obligation to act in patient’s best interest

Answer 12

beneficence

Question 13

accuracy or truhfulness

Answer 13

veracity

Question 14

HIPAA

Answer 14

health insurance portability and accountability act
standards and safeguards to protect confidentiality

Question 15

formula for Celsius

Answer 15

F=(C x 1.8) + 32

Question 16

Formula for Fahrenheit

Answer 16

C = (F-32)/1.8

Question 17

Kussumaul’s Breathing

Answer 17

very fast
very deep
rapid breaths

Question 18

Biot’s

Answer 18

inconsistent intracranial pressure
ICP or CNS problems

Question 19

Cheyne-Stokes

Answer 19

CHF
congestive heart failure

Question 20

Apneustic

Answer 20

gasping breaths
tumors/trauma

Question 21

Agonal breathing

Answer 21

fish out of water, ineffective breathing, the last breaths

Question 22

Platypnea

Answer 22

dyspnea triggered by assuming the upright position
pneumonectomy, and chronic liver disease

Question 23

Orthopnea

Answer 23

dyspnea triggered by the reclining position
CHF, mitral valve disease and superior vena syndrome

Question 24

Apnea

Answer 24

no breathing

Question 25

Eupnea

Answer 25

regular breathing

Question 26

Tachypnea

Answer 26

RR > 20 breaths/min exertion, fever, hypoxemia, hypercarbia, metabolic acidosis, anxiety, pulmonary edema , lung fibrosis and pain

Question 27

Bradypnea

Answer 27

RR < 10 breaths/min traumatic brain injury, severe myocardial infarction, hypothermia, anesthetics, opiate narcotics and recreational drugs

Question 28

Sputum

Answer 28

mucus from the mouth contains oral secretions

Question 30

phlegm

Answer 30

mucus from the lungs

Question 31

fetid sputum

Answer 31

foul smelling indicating infection

Question 32

hematemesis

Answer 32

vomiting blood gastrointestinal

Question 33

Clear sputum

Answer 33

normal healthy

Question 34

Mucoid white/grey

Answer 34

chronic bronchitis/asthma

Question 35

yellow sputum

Answer 35

bacterial infection

Question 36

green sputum

Answer 36

gram-negative bacteria bronchiectasis, pseudomonas, pneumonia

Question 37

brown/dark sputum

Answer 37

old blood

Question 38

bright red sputum

Answer 38

hemoptysis/fresh blood

Question 39

pink frothy sputum

Answer 39

pulmonary edema, chf