TEST BANK for Emergency Care 14th Edition by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson, All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered

TEST BANK for Emergency Care 14th Edition
by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson,

All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered

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1) Which of the following groups is credited with developing the earliestdo
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cumented emergency medical service?
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A) The Spanishg




B) The Egyptians
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C) The Mayans g




D) The French -
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g Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not developthe first documented e
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mergency medical service; the French did in the 1700s. B)
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INCORRECT. Although known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptians werenot
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responsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French f
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irst began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting medic
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al care.
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C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in Fran
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ce 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 1790w
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hen 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 followingage
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ncies 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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g Explanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged the
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United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing EMS standard
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s and assisting the states toupgrade the quality of their prehospital emergency care.
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B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the mana g g g g g g g g g g g



gement and conservation of federal land and the country's natural resources.The Dep
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artment of Transportation was charged with developing EMS standards.
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s is charged with protecting the health of all Americans, the United StatesDepartmen
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t of Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency medical service
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standards.
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tasked with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and didnot
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exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was chargedwith de
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veloping EMS standards. g g