Test Bank for Emergency Care, 14th Edition by Daniel Limmer – Latest Version

TEST BANK for Emergency Care 14th Edition
By Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson, All
Chapters 1 - 41 Covered

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Which of the following groups is credited with developing the earliest
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A documented emergency medical service?
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The Spanish
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The Egyptians
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The Mayans
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The French -
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A Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not develop the first documente
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d emergency medical service; the French did in the 1700s. B) INCORRECT. Alth
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ough known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptians were not responsible fo
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r the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French first began
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A transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting medical care
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INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in Fra
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nce in 1790, nearly a thousand years after the Mayan civilization disappeared.
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, CORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in 179
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0 when the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the scenes of b
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attle to waiting physicians.
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In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the following
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agencies with the development of emergency medical service standards?
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U.S. Department of Transportation
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U.S. Department of the Interior
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U.S. Department of Health Services
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security -
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Explanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charge
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d the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing EMS
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standards and assisting the states to upgrade the quality of their prehospital em
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ergency care. A




INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the mana
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gement and conservation of federal land and the country's natural resources. The D
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epartment of Transportation was charged with developing EMS standards.
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INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Serv
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ices is charged with protecting the health of all Americans, the United States De
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partment of Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency med
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ical service standards.
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INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is
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tasked with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and di
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d not exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was charg
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ed with developing EMS standards.
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