TEST BANK For Emergency Care, 14th Edition by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe, Verified Chapters 1 - 41, Complete Newest Version

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1) Which of the following groups is credited with developing the earliestd
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ocumented emergency medical service?
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A) The Spanish
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B) The Egyptians
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C) The Mayans
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D) The French -
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Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not developthe first documented
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emergency medical service; the French did in the 1700s. B)
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INCORRECT. Although known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptians weren
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ot responsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the Fren
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ch first began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting m
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C) 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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, D) CORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in 1790w
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hen the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the scenes of
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battle to waiting physicians.
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2) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the followinga
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gencies with the development of emergency medical service standards?
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A) U.S. Department of Transportation
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B) U.S. Department of the Interior
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C) U.S. Department of Health Services
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D) U.S. Department of Homeland Security -
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Explanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged th
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e United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing EMS standa
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rds and assisting the states toupgrade the quality of their prehospital emergency ca
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re.
B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the man
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agement 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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C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic
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es is charged with protecting the health of all Americans, the United StatesDepartm
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ent of Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency medical serv
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ice standards.
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tasked with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and didno
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t exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was chargedwith
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