NBRC solicits volunteers for Continuing Competency Task Force

NBRC solicits volunteers for Continuing Competency Task Force:

 A working group will convene September 17, 2015 Olathe, KS to assess the maintenance schedule of the competition. Besides respiratory therapists appointed by the NBRC, the working group includes respiratory therapists who are directly affected by the maintenance schedule of the competition. These therapists his own candidacy.

RPFT Exam Question No 16

Question No 16:

Which of the following is considered a xanthine?

A. Acetylcysteine
B. Guaifenesin
C. Theosophical
D. Epinephrine HCL

Answer: C

RPFT Exam Question No 15

Question No 15:

Which of the following is considered a bronchodilator?

A. Acetylcysteine
B. Guaifenesin
C. Theophylline
D. Epinephrine HCL

Answer: D

RPFT Exam Question No 14

Question No 14:

Which of the following is considered an expectorant?

A. Acetylcysteine
B. Guaifenesin
C. Theophylline
D. Epinephrine HCL

Answer: B

Recent SCC graduate nearly aces respiratory therapy licensing exam

Recent SCC graduate nearly aces respiratory therapy licensing exam:


That competition in a national bowl questionnaire or initiate conversation on a random day school, Noah Jones often stunned his instructors Southwestern Community College with their intelligence while working on her associate degree in respiratory therapy.

Just days after graduating from CSC, the resident Candler found another way to impress your professors. In his licensing exam through the National Board for Respiratory Care, Jones responded correctly to 134 of 140 questions. He just has to get 95 right to pass.

A representative of the NBRC refused to reveal the highest level in the review earlier this month, but Dean Jones in CSC suspect "does not come close to that."

"The highest grade that I know was around 120," said Mitch Fischer, dean of health sciences of the NCC. "I am a respiratory therapist for 25 years and have never seen anyone get such high quality respiratory therapist in the written exam. Grades of this nature ever seen."

RPFT Exam Question No 13

Question No 13:

Which of the following pulmonary term correlates with the definition: bronchospasm of the bronchial walls?

A. Wheezes
B. Bronchi
C. Strider
D. Pleural Rub

Answer: A

RPFT Exam Question No 12

Question No 12:

Which of the following is not considered a COPD related disease?

A. Bronchitis
B. Bronchial asthma
C. Bronchitis
D. Bronchial hypo tension

Answer: D