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

TEST BANK for Emergency Care
14th Edition by Daniel Limmer
All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered

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1) Which of the following groups is credited with developing the earliestd
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ocumented emergency medical service?
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A) The Spanish
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B) The Egyptians
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C) The Mayans
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D) The French -
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Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not developthe first documented
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emergency medical service; the French did in the 1700s. B)
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INCORRECT. Although known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptians weren
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ot responsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the Fre
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nch first began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting
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medical care. P



C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in Fra
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nce 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
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when the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the scenes of
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battle to waiting physicians.
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2) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the followinga
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gencies with the development of emergency medical service standards?
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A) U.S. Department of Transportation
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B) U.S. Department of the Interior
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C) U.S. Department of Health Services
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D) U.S. Department of Homeland Security -
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Explanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged t
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he United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing EMS stan
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dards and assisting the states toupgrade the quality of their prehospital emergency
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care.
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B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the man
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agement and conservation of federal land and the country's natural resources.The
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Department of Transportation was charged with developing EMS standards.
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C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic P P P P P P P P P



es is charged with protecting the health of all Americans, the United StatesDepart
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ment of Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency medical s
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ervice standards. P



D) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is P P P P P P P P




tasked with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and didn
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ot exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was chargedwit
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h developing EMS standards.
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