Emergency Care by Daniel limmer
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14th Edition
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TESTBANK h
,Daniel limmer: Emergency Care , 14th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE h
1) Which of the following refers to a programor process for evaluating and
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improving the effectiveness of an EMS system?
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A) Qualityimprovement
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,B) Systemeffectivenessmanagement h h
C) Process Improvement Plan (PIP) h h h
D) Totalqualitysystem-A) CORRECT. Quality improvement (QI) consists of
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continuous self-review with the purpose of identifying aspects of the EMS
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system that require improvement, with subsequent action plans to make
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subsequent
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changes.
B) INCORRECT. Systemeffectiveness management does not refertoa h h h h h h h h
program of evaluating and improving an EMS system.
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C) INCORRECT. A program or process for evaluating and improving the h h h h h h h h h
effectiveness of an EMS system is not referred to as a Process Improvement
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Program.
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D) INCORRECT. The term "total quality system" does not refer to a program for h h h h h h h h h h h h
improving the effectiveness of EMS systems.
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2) Which of the following groups is credited with developing the earliest
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documented emergency medical service?
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A) The Spanish h
B) The Egyptians h
C) The Mayans h
D) The French - Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not develop the
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first documented emergency medical service; the French did in the 1700s. B)
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INCORRECT.Althoughknown forprogress in technicalareas, the Egyptians were not
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responsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French
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first began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting
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medical care.
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C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in h h h h h h h h
France in1790, nearlya thousand years after the Mayan civilization disappeared.
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, D) CORRECT.Theearliestdocumented emergency medicalservicewas in1790 h h h h h h h h h
when the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the scenes of battle
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to waiting physicians.
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3) In1966 the National HighwaySafetyAct charged which ofthe following
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agencies with the development of emergency medical service standards?
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A) U.S.Department ofTransportation h h h
B) U.S. Department ofthe Interior h h h h
C) U.S. Department ofHealth Services h h h h
D) U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Explanation: A) CORRECT. In
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1966 the National Highway SafetyAct charged the United States Department of
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Transportation (DOT) with developing EMS standards and assisting the states to
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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 h h h h h h h h h h
management and conservationof federal land and the country's natural resources. The
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Department ofTransportation was charged with developing EMS standards.
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C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services h h h h h h h h h
is charged with protecting the health ofallAmericans, the United States Department
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of Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency medical service
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standards.
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D) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is h h h h h h h h
tasked with protecting the nation fromthreats, it was established in 2002 and did not
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exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was charged with
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developing EMS standards.
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4) Which of the following agencies is responsible for establishing EMS system
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assessment programs?
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A) Department ofHealth and Human Services (HHS) h h h h h h
B) NationalTransportationSafetyBoard (NTSB) h h h h
C) National HighwayTraffic SafetyAdministration (NHTSA) h h h h h
D) UnitedStates HealthServicesAgency(HSA) -Explanation:A)INCORRECT. The
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is not responsible for EMS
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system assessment programs.
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B) INCORRECT.TheNationalTransportation SafetyBoard(NTSB)doesnot h h h h h h h h
establish EMS system assessment programs.
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