TEST BANK For Emergency Care, 14th Edition by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe, Verified Chapters 1 - 41

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1790when the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the
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2) In 1966 the National Highway SafetyAct charged which of the
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