TEST BANK for Emergency Care 13th Edition by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson, All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered

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by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson,
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All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered
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1) Whichof the following groups is credited withdevelopingthe
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earliestdocumented emergency medical service?
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D) The French - Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not developthe
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t first documented emergency medicalservice; the Frenchdid inthe 1700s. B)
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INCORRECT.Althoughknown forprogress intechnicalareas, the Egyptians werenot
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t responsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French
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t first began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting
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C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in
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t France in1790, nearlya thousand years after the Mayan civilizationdisappeared.
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in1790when the French began transporting wounded soldiers fromthe scenes of
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battle to waiting physicians.
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2) In1966 the National HighwaySafetyAct charged whichofthe
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t followingagencies with the development ofemergency medical service
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t standards?
A) U.S. Department ofTransportation
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B) U.S. Department ofthe Interior
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C) U.S. Department ofHealth Services
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D) U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Explanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966
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t the National Highway Safety Act charged the United States Department of
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Transportation(DOT) withdeveloping EMS standards and assistingthe states
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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 t t t t t t t t t t




t management and conservationof federal land and the country's naturalresources.The
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Department ofTransportationwas charged withdevelopingEMS standards.
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C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services t t t t t t t t t




is charged with protectingthe healthofallAmericans, the United StatesDepartment of
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t Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency medical service t t t t t t t t t




t standards.
D) INCORRECT.AlthoughtheU.S. Department ofHomelandSecurityis t t t t t t t t




tasked with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and did not
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exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was charged with
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developing EMS standards.
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