TEST BANK for Emergency Care 14th Edition
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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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,Chapter 1 o
1) Whichoofotheofollowingogroupsoisocreditedowithodevelopingotheoearliesto
documentedoemergencyomedicaloservice?
A) TheoSpanish
B) TheoEgyptians
C) TheoMayans
D) TheoFrencho-
oExplanation:oA)oINCORRECT.oTheoSpanishodidonotodevelopotheofirstodocumente
doemergencyomedicaloservice;otheoFrenchodidoinotheo1700s.oB)
INCORRECT.oAlthoughoknownoforoprogressoinotechnicaloareas,otheoEgyptiansowereo
notoresponsibleoforotheofirstodocumentedoemergencyomedicaloservice.oIno1790,otheoF
renchofirstobeganotransportingowoundedosoldiersoawayofromobattlefieldsoandotoowaiti
ngomedicalocare.
C) INCORRECT.oTheoearliestodocumentedoemergencyomedicaloserviceowasoinoFr
anceoino1790,onearlyoaothousandoyearsoafterotheoMayanocivilizationodisappeared.
, D) CORRECT.oTheoearliestodocumentedoemergencyomedicaloserviceowasoino1790o
whenotheoFrenchobeganotransportingowoundedosoldiersofromotheoscenesoof
battleotoowaitingophysicians.
2) Ino1966otheoNationaloHighwayoSafetyoActochargedowhichoofotheofollowingo
agenciesowithotheodevelopmentoofoemergencyomedicaloserviceostandards?
A) U.S.oDepartmentoofoTransportation
B) U.S.oDepartmentoofotheoInterior
C) U.S.oDepartmentoofoHealthoServices
D) U.S.oDepartmentoofoHomelandoSecurityo-
oExplanation:oA)oCORRECT.oIno1966o theo Nationalo Highwayo Safetyo Acto chargedo
theo Unitedo Stateso Departmento ofoTransportationo(DOT)owithodevelopingoEMSosta
ndardsoandoassistingotheostatesotooupgradeotheoqualityoofotheiroprehospitaloemergen
cyocare.
B) INCORRECT.oTheoU.S.oDepartmentoofotheoInterioroisochargedowithotheoma
nagementoandoconservationoofofederalolandoandotheocountry'sonaturaloresources.oTh
eoDepartmentoofoTransportationowasochargedowithodevelopingoEMSostandards.
C) INCORRECT.oAlthoughotheoU.S.oDepartmentoofoHealthoandoHumanoServi
cesoisochargedowithoprotectingotheohealthoofoalloAmericans,otheoUnitedoStatesoDepa
rtmentoofoTransportationowasoassignedotheotaskoofodevelopingoemergencyomedica
loserviceostandards.
D) INCORRECT.oAlthoughotheoU.S.oDepartmentoofoHomelandoSecurityois
taskedowithoprotectingotheonationofromothreats,oitowasoestablishedoino2002oandodido
notoexistoino1966.oItowasotheoU.S.oDepartmentoofoTransportationothatowasochargedo
withodevelopingoEMSostandards.
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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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,
,Chapter 1 o
1) Whichoofotheofollowingogroupsoisocreditedowithodevelopingotheoearliesto
documentedoemergencyomedicaloservice?
A) TheoSpanish
B) TheoEgyptians
C) TheoMayans
D) TheoFrencho-
oExplanation:oA)oINCORRECT.oTheoSpanishodidonotodevelopotheofirstodocumente
doemergencyomedicaloservice;otheoFrenchodidoinotheo1700s.oB)
INCORRECT.oAlthoughoknownoforoprogressoinotechnicaloareas,otheoEgyptiansowereo
notoresponsibleoforotheofirstodocumentedoemergencyomedicaloservice.oIno1790,otheoF
renchofirstobeganotransportingowoundedosoldiersoawayofromobattlefieldsoandotoowaiti
ngomedicalocare.
C) INCORRECT.oTheoearliestodocumentedoemergencyomedicaloserviceowasoinoFr
anceoino1790,onearlyoaothousandoyearsoafterotheoMayanocivilizationodisappeared.
, D) CORRECT.oTheoearliestodocumentedoemergencyomedicaloserviceowasoino1790o
whenotheoFrenchobeganotransportingowoundedosoldiersofromotheoscenesoof
battleotoowaitingophysicians.
2) Ino1966otheoNationaloHighwayoSafetyoActochargedowhichoofotheofollowingo
agenciesowithotheodevelopmentoofoemergencyomedicaloserviceostandards?
A) U.S.oDepartmentoofoTransportation
B) U.S.oDepartmentoofotheoInterior
C) U.S.oDepartmentoofoHealthoServices
D) U.S.oDepartmentoofoHomelandoSecurityo-
oExplanation:oA)oCORRECT.oIno1966o theo Nationalo Highwayo Safetyo Acto chargedo
theo Unitedo Stateso Departmento ofoTransportationo(DOT)owithodevelopingoEMSosta
ndardsoandoassistingotheostatesotooupgradeotheoqualityoofotheiroprehospitaloemergen
cyocare.
B) INCORRECT.oTheoU.S.oDepartmentoofotheoInterioroisochargedowithotheoma
nagementoandoconservationoofofederalolandoandotheocountry'sonaturaloresources.oTh
eoDepartmentoofoTransportationowasochargedowithodevelopingoEMSostandards.
C) INCORRECT.oAlthoughotheoU.S.oDepartmentoofoHealthoandoHumanoServi
cesoisochargedowithoprotectingotheohealthoofoalloAmericans,otheoUnitedoStatesoDepa
rtmentoofoTransportationowasoassignedotheotaskoofodevelopingoemergencyomedica
loserviceostandards.
D) INCORRECT.oAlthoughotheoU.S.oDepartmentoofoHomelandoSecurityois
taskedowithoprotectingotheonationofromothreats,oitowasoestablishedoino2002oandodido
notoexistoino1966.oItowasotheoU.S.oDepartmentoofoTransportationothatowasochargedo
withodevelopingoEMSostandards.
