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

TESTBANKforEmergencyCare13thEdition
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by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson,
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AllChapters1-41Covered
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1) Whichofthe following groups is creditedwithdevelopingthe earliest
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documented emergency medicalservice?
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A) The Spanish x




B) TheEgyptiansx




C) TheMayans x




D) The French - Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not developthe
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xfirstdocumentedemergencymedicalservice;the Frenchdid inthe1700s. B)
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INCORRECT.Althoughknownforprogress intechnicalareas, theEgyptianswerenot
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xresponsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French
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xfirst began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting medical
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care.
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C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in
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Francein1790, nearlyathousand years aftertheMayancivilizationdisappeared.
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, D) CORRECT.Theearliestdocumentedemergencymedicalservicewasin1790 x x x x x x x x x




whenthe Frenchbegantransporting wounded soldiers fromthe scenes of
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battletowaitingphysicians. x x x




2) In1966 the National HighwaySafetyAct charged whichofthe following
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agencies withthe development ofemergency medicalservice standards?
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A) U.S.DepartmentofTransportation
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B) U.S. Department oftheInterior
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C) U.S. Department ofHealthServices
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D) U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Explanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966
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x the National Highway Safety Act charged the United States Department of
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x Transportation(DOT)withdevelopingEMSstandards andassistingthestates to x x x x x x x x x x




upgrade the quality oftheir prehospitalemergencycare.
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B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the x x x x x x x x x x




x managementandconservationoffederallandandthe country's naturalresources.The
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x DepartmentofTransportationwas chargedwithdevelopingEMSstandards. x x x x x x x x




C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services x x x x x x x x x




x is chargedwithprotectingthe healthofallAmericans, theUnited StatesDepartment of
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x Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency medicalservice x x x x x x x x x




x standards.
D) INCORRECT.AlthoughtheU.S.DepartmentofHomelandSecurityis x x x x x x x x




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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