TEST BANK FOR EMERGENCY CARE 14TH
EDITION BY DANIEL LIMMER, MICHAEL
F. O'KEEFE AND EDWARD T. DICKINSON -
ISBN-13; 978-0135379134
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,EMERGENCY CARE 14TH EDITION
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, EMERGENCY CARE 14TH EDITION
1) Which of the following refers to a program or process for
evaluating and improving the effectiveness of an EMS
system?
A) Quality improvement
B) System effectiveness management
C) Process Improvement Plan (PIP)
D) Total quality system - A) CORRECT. Quality improvement (QI)
consists of continuous self-review with the purpose of identifying
aspects of the EMS system that require improvement, with
subsequent action plans to make subsequent changes.
B) INCORRECT. System effectiveness management does not refer to
a program of evaluating and improving an EMS system.
C) INCORRECT. A program or process for evaluating and
improving the effectiveness of an EMS system is not referred
to as a Process Improvement Program.
D) INCORRECT. The term "total quality system" does not refer to a
program for improving the effectiveness of EMS systems.
2) Which of the following groups is credited with developing
the earliest documented emergency medical service?
A) The Spanish
B) The Egyptians
C) The Mayans
D) The French - Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not
develop the first documented emergency medical service; the
French did in the 1700s.
B) INCORRECT. Although known for progress in technical areas,
the Egyptians were not responsible for the first documented
emergency medical service. In 1790, the French first began
transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to
waiting medical care.
C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical
service was in France 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 1790 when the French began transporting wounded
soldiers from the scenes of battle to waiting physicians.
3) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of
the following agencies with the development of emergency
medical service standards?
A) U.S. Department of Transportation
B) U.S. Department of the Interior
C) U.S. Department of Health Services
D) U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Explanation: A)
CORRECT. In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged the
United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing
EMS standards and assisting the states to upgrade the quality of
their prehospital emergency care.
B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged
with the management and conservation of federal land and the
country's natural resources. The Department of Transportation
was charged with developing EMS standards.
C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services is charged with protecting the health of all
Americans, the United States Department of Transportation was
assigned the task of developing emergency medical service
standards.
D) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security is tasked with protecting the nation from threats, it was
established in 2002 and did not exist in 1966. It was the U.S.
Department of Transportation that was charged with developing
EMS standards.
4) Centralized coordination of emergency medical access,
transportation, and care most refers to which of the following?
A) Emergency preparedness plan
B) Trauma system
C) Resource management
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