Insp to resp care part 1

Question 1

What does ARDS stand for?

Answer 1

acute respiratory distress syndrome

Question 2

What does CoAARC stand for?

Answer 2

Commitee on Accreditation for respirato-
ry care?

Question 3

What does ITA stand for?

Answer 3

Inhalation Therapy Association

Question 4

What does NBRT stand for?

Answer 4

National board for respiratory therapy

Question 5

What are the 2 methods for Hand hy-
giene?

Answer 5

Soap & water, Hand sanitizer

Question 6

Who is the father of medicine?

Answer 6

Hippocrates (Greek Physician)

Question 7

What is the number 1 drug used to treat
asthma?

Answer 7

albuterol

Question 8

What is another name for albuterol?

Answer 8

Xopenex

Question 9

What is the order that we read a word?

Answer 9

Suffix, prefix, root

Question 10

What are the 2 types of energy?

Answer 10

Potential (still) makes up solids and liq-
uids

Question 11

What are the 4 ways that heat can be
transferred?

Answer 11

Conduction, convection, radiation, evap-
oration & condensation

Question 12

Buoyancy

Answer 12

the force that causes objects to float. It
is the force exerted on an object that is
partly or wholly immersed in a fluid.

Question 13

Sublimation

Answer 13

Transition from a solid to gas without be-
coming a liquid first. ex. dry ice

Question 14

Surface tension

Answer 14

Force exerted by like molecules

Question 15

What is the law of thermodynamics?

Answer 15

Heat transfer when 2 objects of different
temperatures coexist

Question 16

What are the 2 types of vaporization?

Answer 16

Boiling & evaporation

Question 17

Absolute humidity

Answer 17

Weighing water vapor extracted from air
using drying agent.

Question 18

RELATIVE HUMIDTY (RH)

Answer 18

when gas is not fully saturated

Question 19

What does AAIT stand for?

Answer 19

American Association for inhalation therapist

Question 20

What does AARC stand for?

Answer 20

American Association for Respiratory Care

Question 21

What does ARCF stand for?

Answer 21

American Respiratory Care Foundation

Question 22

What does NBRC stand for?

Answer 22

National Board for Respiratory Care

Question 23

What does CEU stand for?

Answer 23

Continuing education credits

Question 24

Conduction

Answer 24

Heat transfer in solids by direct contact between hot and cold molecules.

Question 25

Convection

Answer 25

Heat transfer bet liquids and gases. Involves the mixing of fluid molecules at different temperatures.

Question 26

Radiation

Answer 26

Heat transfer without physical contact

Question 27

Vaporization

Answer 27

Change of the state from liquid to gas. Heat energy must come from surroundings.

Question 28

Evaporation

Answer 28

Liquid to gas; heat is taken from surrounding air around liquid cooling the air.

Question 29

What is Avagadro’s number (constant)?

Answer 29

6.023x 10^23

Question 30

Condensation

Answer 30

Vaporization takes heat from the air around a liquid (cooling) and gives heat back to surroundings