Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Care Quiz

Which device was introduced in 1911 as a positive-pressure ventilator?

• Drager Pulmotor

• Bennett TV-2P

• Bird Mark 7

• Spiropulsator

In which decade were volume-cycled ventilators like the Bennett MA-1 introduced?

• 1970s

• 1980s

• 1960s

• 1950s

What was the first microprocessor-controlled ventilator developed in the 1980s?

• Bennett 7200

• Servo 900

• Bourns Bear I

• Engstrom 300

What risk is increased due to the use of an endotracheal tube in mechanical ventilation?

• Asthma

• Pulmonary embolism

• Ventilator-associated pneumonia

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Who successfully applied the first endotracheal tube to a patient in 1880?

• Bennett 7200

• Drager Pulmotor

• John Hutchinson

• William MacEwen

When was the laryngoscope introduced?

• 1941

• 1913

• 1880

• 1970s

What was first described in 1941 in airway management?

• Laryngoscope

• Endotracheal tube

• Low-pressure cuffs

• Suction catheter

Which decade saw the introduction of low-pressure cuffs for endotracheal tubes?

• 1950s

• 1940s

• 1970s

• 1960s

Who developed the first water-sealed spirometer in 1846?

• Bennett 7200

• Drager Pulmotor

• William MacEwen

• John Hutchinson

When did rapid arterial blood gas analysis become available?

• 1970s

• 1980s

• 1967

• 1846