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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS OF EMS
Chapter 1: Introduction to Emergency Medical Care
Chapter 2: Well-Being of the EMT
Chapter 3: Lifting and Moving Patients
Chapter 4: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
Chapter 5: Medical Terminology
Chapter 6: Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 7: Principles of Pathophysiology
Chapter 8: Life Span Development
SECTION 2: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT
Chapter 9: Airway Management
Chapter 10: Respiration and Artificial Ventilation
Chapter 11: Scene Size-Up
Chapter 12: Primary Assessment
Chapter 13: Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices
Chapter 14: Principles of Assessment
Chapter 15: Secondary Assessment
Chapter 16: Reassessment
Chapter 17: Communication and Documentation
SECTION 3: PHARMACOLOGY AND MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
Chapter 18: General Pharmacology
Chapter 19: Respiratory Emergencies
Chapter 20: Cardiac Emergencies
Chapter 21: Resuscitation
Chapter 22: Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status
Chapter 23: Allergic Reaction
Chapter 24: Infectious Diseases and Sepsis
Chapter 25: Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies
Chapter 26: Abdominal Emergencies
Chapter 27: Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies and Suicide
Chapter 28: Hematologic and Renal Emergencies
SECTION 4: TRAUMA EMERGENCIES
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,Chapter 29: Bleeding and Shock
Chapter 30: Soft-Tissue Trauma
Chapter 31: Chest and Abdominal Trauma
Chapter 32: Musculoskeletal Trauma
Chapter 33: Trauma to the Head, Neck, and Spine
Chapter 34: Multisystem Trauma
SECTION 5: SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
Chapter 35: Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 36: Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
Chapter 37: Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges
SECTION 6: EMS OPERATIONS AND SPECIAL INCIDENTS
Chapter 38: EMS Operations
Chapter 39: Hazardous Materials, Multiple-Casualty Incidents, and Incident Management
Chapter 40: Highway Safety and Vehicle Extrication
Chapter 41: EMS Response to Terrorism
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, CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE
1) 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
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Page 4
Answer: d) The French
Rationale:
a) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not develop the first documented emergency medical
service. This achievement is credited to the French.
b) INCORRECT. Although known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptians were not
responsible for the first documented emergency medical service.
c) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in France in 1790,
nearly a thousand years after the Mayan civilization disappeared.
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.
2) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the following agencies with
the development of emergency medical services standards?
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS OF EMS
Chapter 1: Introduction to Emergency Medical Care
Chapter 2: Well-Being of the EMT
Chapter 3: Lifting and Moving Patients
Chapter 4: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
Chapter 5: Medical Terminology
Chapter 6: Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 7: Principles of Pathophysiology
Chapter 8: Life Span Development
SECTION 2: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT
Chapter 9: Airway Management
Chapter 10: Respiration and Artificial Ventilation
Chapter 11: Scene Size-Up
Chapter 12: Primary Assessment
Chapter 13: Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices
Chapter 14: Principles of Assessment
Chapter 15: Secondary Assessment
Chapter 16: Reassessment
Chapter 17: Communication and Documentation
SECTION 3: PHARMACOLOGY AND MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
Chapter 18: General Pharmacology
Chapter 19: Respiratory Emergencies
Chapter 20: Cardiac Emergencies
Chapter 21: Resuscitation
Chapter 22: Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status
Chapter 23: Allergic Reaction
Chapter 24: Infectious Diseases and Sepsis
Chapter 25: Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies
Chapter 26: Abdominal Emergencies
Chapter 27: Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies and Suicide
Chapter 28: Hematologic and Renal Emergencies
SECTION 4: TRAUMA EMERGENCIES
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,Chapter 29: Bleeding and Shock
Chapter 30: Soft-Tissue Trauma
Chapter 31: Chest and Abdominal Trauma
Chapter 32: Musculoskeletal Trauma
Chapter 33: Trauma to the Head, Neck, and Spine
Chapter 34: Multisystem Trauma
SECTION 5: SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
Chapter 35: Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 36: Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
Chapter 37: Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges
SECTION 6: EMS OPERATIONS AND SPECIAL INCIDENTS
Chapter 38: EMS Operations
Chapter 39: Hazardous Materials, Multiple-Casualty Incidents, and Incident Management
Chapter 40: Highway Safety and Vehicle Extrication
Chapter 41: EMS Response to Terrorism
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, CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE
1) 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
Difficulty: Easy
Reference: Page 4
Answer: d) The French
Rationale:
a) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not develop the first documented emergency medical
service. This achievement is credited to the French.
b) INCORRECT. Although known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptians were not
responsible for the first documented emergency medical service.
c) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in France in 1790,
nearly a thousand years after the Mayan civilization disappeared.
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.
2) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the following agencies with
the development of emergency medical services standards?
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