Test bank emergency care 14th edition daniel limmer latest 2025

Test Bank Emergency Care 14thE
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dition Daniel Limmer-latest- 2025
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, Emergency Care 14th Edition by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and
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Edward T. Dickinson Test Bank u u u u




1) Which of the following refers to a program or process for evaluating andi
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mproving the effectiveness of an EMS system?
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A) Quality improvement u


B) System effectiveness management
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C) Process Improvement Plan (PIP)
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D) Total quality system -
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uA) CORRECT. Quality improvement (QI) consists of continuous self-
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review with the purpose of identifying aspects of the EMS systemthat require impro
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vement, with subsequent action plans to make subsequent changes.
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B) INCORRECT. System effectiveness management does not refer to a program ofe
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valuating and improving an EMS system.
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C) INCORRECT. A program or process for evaluating and improving the eff
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ectiveness of an EMS system is not referred to as a Process ImprovementProg
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ram.
D) INCORRECT. The term "total quality system" does not refer to a program fori
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mproving the effectiveness of EMS systems.
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2) 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 develop thefirst documented
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emergency medical service; the French did in the 1700s.
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B) INCORRECT. Although known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptians
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,were not responsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790,th
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e French first began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and towai
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ting medical care.
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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 battle towai
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ting physicians.
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3) 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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uExplanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966the National Highway Safety Act charged the
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United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing EMS standard
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s and assisting the states to upgrade the quality of their prehospital emergency care.
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B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the manage
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ment and conservation of federal land and the country's natural resources.The Depa
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rtment of Transportation was charged with developing EMS standards.
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C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services isc
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harged with protecting the health of all Americans, the United States Departmentof
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Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency medical servicestan
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dards.
D) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is tasked w
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ith protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and did not existin 1
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966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was charged with developin
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g EMS standards.
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