by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinso
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1) Whichof the following groups is credited withdevelopingthe earliestdocu
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mented emergency medical service?
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C) The Mayans ap
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Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not developthe firstdocumented em
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ergency medicalservice; the Frenchdid inthe 1700s. B)
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INCORRECT.Althoughknownforprogress intechnicalareas, the Egyptians werenot re
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sponsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French first
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began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting medical care
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C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in Franc ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap
e in1790, nearlya thousand years afterthe Mayancivilizationdisappeared.
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nthe Frenchbegantransporting wounded soldiers fromthe scenes of
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battle towaiting physicians. ap ap ap
2) In1966 the National HighwaySafetyAct charged whichofthe followingagen
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cies withthe development ofemergency medicalservice standards?
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Explanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged the
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United States Department of Transportation(DOT)withdeveloping EMSstandards
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and assistingthe states toupgrade the quality oftheir prehospital emergency care.
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B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the manage ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap
ment and conservationof federal land and the country's naturalresources.The Departm
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ent ofTransportationwas charged withdevelopingEMSstandards.
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C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services i ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap
s charged withprotectingthe healthofallAmericans, the United StatesDepartment of
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Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency medical service stand ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap
ards.
D) INCORRECT.AlthoughtheU.S. DepartmentofHomelandSecurityis ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap
tasked withprotectingthe nation fromthreats, it was established in2002 and didnot exi
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st in1966. Itwas the U.S. Department ofTransportationthat was chargedwith developi
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ng EMS standards.
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