Emergency Care (14th Edition, Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe & Edward T. Dickinson) – Complete Test Bank (Chapters 1–41)

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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1) Which of the following groups is credited with developingthe earliestdoc
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umented emergency medical service?
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Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not developthe first documented e
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mergency medicalservice; the Frenchdid inthe 1700s. B)
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INCORRECT.Although known for progress intechnicalareas, the Egyptians werenot r
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esponsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French firs
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t began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting medical ca
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e in1790, nearly a thousand years after the Mayan civilization disappeared.
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