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

TEST BANK for Emergency Care 14th Edition
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by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson,
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All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered
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1) Which of the following groups is credited with developing the
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D) The French - Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not
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bn the French first began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and
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bn France in 1790, nearly a thousand years after the Mayan civilization disappeared.
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1790when the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the scenes
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2) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the
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A) U.S. Department of Transportation
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C) U.S. Department of Health Services
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D) U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Explanation: A) CORRECT. In
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bn 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged the United States
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bn assisting the states toupgrade the quality of their prehospital emergency care.
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bn standards.
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bn Services is charged with protecting the health of all Americans, the United
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bn StatesDepartment of Transportation was assigned the task of developing
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bn emergency medical service standards. bn bn bn




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tasked with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and
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bn did not exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was
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bn chargedwith developing EMS standards.
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