Emergency Care, 14th Edition – Daniel Limmer – Test Bank (Chapter Coverage)

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 earliestdoc
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umented emergency medical service?
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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 r
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esponsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French fir
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st began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting medical
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care.
C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in Fran bf bf bf bf bf bf bf bf bf




ce in 1790, nearly a thousand years after the Mayan civilization disappeared.
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