Emergency Care (14th Edition) – EMT Training, Comprehensive Test Bank, Daniel Limmer et al. – All Chapters (1–41), complete practice questions with answers

TEST BANK for Emergency Care 14th Edition
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by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T.
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All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered
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1) Which of the following groups is credited with developing
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the earliestdocumented emergency medical service?
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ii did in the 1700s. B)
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medical service. In 1790, the French first began transporting wounded
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ii was in France in 1790, nearly a thousand years after the Mayan
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civilization disappeared.
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in 1790when the French began transporting wounded soldiers from
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the scenes of
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2) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the
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ii followingagencies with the development of emergency medical
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service standards?
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B) U.S. Department of the Interior
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EMS standards and assisting the states toupgrade the quality of their
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B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii




ii with the management and conservation of federal land and the
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ii country's natural resources.The Department of Transportation was
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ii charged with developing EMS standards.
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C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and ii ii ii ii ii ii ii




ii Human Services is charged with protecting the health of all Americans,
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ii the United StatesDepartment of Transportation was assigned the task
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ii of developing emergency medical service standards.
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D) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is i ii ii ii ii ii ii ii




tasked with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in
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