Test Bank for Emergency Care 14th Edition by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe

, EmergencyiCarei14thiEditionibyiDanieliLimmer,iMichaeliF.iO'KeefeiandiEdward
iT.iDickinsoniTestiBank




1) Whichiofitheifollowingirefersitoiaiprogramioriprocessiforievaluatingiandiim
provingitheieffectivenessiofianiEMSisystem?
A) Qualityiimprovement
B) Systemieffectivenessimanagement
C) ProcessiImprovementiPlani(PIP)
D) Totaliqualityisystemi-
iA)iCORRECT.iQualityiimprovementi(QI)iconsistsioficontinuousiself-


reviewiwithitheipurposeiofiidentifyingiaspectsiofitheiEMSisystemithatirequireiimpro
vement,iwithisubsequentiactioniplansitoimakeisubsequentichanges.
B) INCORRECT.iSystemieffectivenessimanagementidoesinotireferitoiaiprogramiofiev
aluatingiandiimprovingianiEMSisystem.
C) INCORRECT.iAiprogramioriprocessiforievaluatingiandiimprovingitheieffe
ctivenessiofianiEMSisystemiisinotireferreditoiasiaiProcessiImprovementiProgra
m.
D) INCORRECT.iTheitermi"totaliqualityisystem"idoesinotireferitoiaiprogramiforiim
provingitheieffectivenessiofiEMSisystems.

2) Whichiofitheifollowingigroupsiisicreditediwithidevelopingitheiearliestido
cumentediemergencyimedicaliservice?
A) TheiSpanish
B) TheiEgyptians
C) TheiMayans
D) TheiFrenchi-
iExplanation:iA)iINCORRECT.iTheiSpanishididinotidevelopitheifirstidocumentedie


mergencyimedicaliservice;itheiFrenchididiinithei1700s.
B) INCORRECT.iAlthoughiknowniforiprogressiinitechnicaliareas,itheiEgyptians

,wereinotiresponsibleiforitheifirstidocumentediemergencyimedicaliservice.iIni1790,ithei
Frenchifirstibeganitransportingiwoundedisoldiersiawayifromibattlefieldsianditoiwaitin
gimedicalicare.
C) INCORRECT.iTheiearliestidocumentediemergencyimedicaliserviceiwasiiniFran
ceiini1790,inearlyiaithousandiyearsiafteritheiMayanicivilizationidisappeared.
D) CORRECT.iTheiearliestidocumentediemergencyimedicaliserviceiwasiini1790iw
henitheiFrenchibeganitransportingiwoundedisoldiersifromitheiscenesiofibattleitoiwait
ingiphysicians.

3) Ini1966itheiNationaliHighwayiSafetyiActichargediwhichiofitheifollowingiag
enciesiwithitheidevelopmentiofiemergencyimedicaliserviceistandards?
A) U.S.iDepartmentiofiTransportation
B) U.S.iDepartmentiofitheiInterior
C) U.S.iDepartmentiofiHealthiServices
D) U.S.iDepartmentiofiHomelandiSecurityi-
iExplanation:iA)iCORRECT.iIni1966itheiNationaliHighwayiSafetyiActichargeditheiU


nitediStatesiDepartmentiofiTransportationi(DOT)iwithidevelopingiEMSistandardsian
diassistingitheistatesitoiupgradeitheiqualityiofitheiriprehospitaliemergencyicare.
B) INCORRECT.iTheiU.S.iDepartmentiofitheiInterioriisichargediwithitheimanagem
entiandiconservationiofifederalilandianditheicountry'sinaturaliresources.iTheiDepart
mentiofiTransportationiwasichargediwithidevelopingiEMSistandards.
C) INCORRECT.iAlthoughitheiU.S.iDepartmentiofiHealthiandiHumaniServicesiisich
argediwithiprotectingitheihealthiofialliAmericans,itheiUnitediStatesiDepartmentiofiTra
nsportationiwasiassigneditheitaskiofidevelopingiemergencyimedicaliserviceistandards
.
D) INCORRECT.iAlthoughitheiU.S.iDepartmentiofiHomelandiSecurityiisitaskediwit
hiprotectingitheinationifromithreats,iitiwasiestablishediini2002iandididinotiexistiini196
6.iItiwasitheiU.S.iDepartmentiofiTransportationithatiwasichargediwithidevelopingiEM
Sistandards.

, 4) WhichiofitheifollowingiagenciesiisiresponsibleiforiestablishingiEMSisystemias
sessmentiprograms?
A) DepartmentiofiHealthiandiHumaniServicesi(HHS)
B) NationaliTransportationiSafetyiBoardi(NTSB)
C) NationaliHighwayiTrafficiSafetyiAdministrationi(NHTSA)
D) UnitediStatesiHealthiServicesiAgencyi(HSA)i-
iExplanation:iA)iINCORRECT.iTheiDepartmentiofiHealthiandiHumaniServicesi(HH


S)iisinotiresponsibleiforiEMSisystemiassessmentiprograms.
B) INCORRECT.iTheiNationaliTransportationiSafetyiBoardi(NTSB)idoesinotie
stablishiEMSisystemiassessmentiprograms.
C) CORRECT.iTheiNationaliHighwayiTrafficiSafetyiAdministrationi(NHTSA)iT
echnicaliAssistanceiProgramihasiestablishediassessmentiprogramsiwithisetistanda
rdsiforiEMSisystems.
D) INCORRECT.iTheiUnitediStatesiDepartmentiofiHealthiandiHumaniServicesih
asinoioversightiofiEMSisystems.


5) Centralizedicoordinationiofiemergencyimedicaliaccess,itransportation,iandicarei
mostirefersitoiwhichiofitheifollowing?
A) Emergencyipreparednessiplan
B) Traumaisystem
C) Resourceimanagement
D) Centralideploymenti-
iExplanation:iA)iINCORRECT.iEmergencyipreparednessiplansiareiusuallyideveloped


itoiguideitheiactionsiofiaispecificigroupiofipeopleiatitheioutsetiofianiemergency,iwithithei


goaliofiprotectingipeopleiand/
oriproperty.iTheyigenerallyiwillinotiaddressitheispecificsiofimedicalicareioritransport.
B) INCORRECT.iAitraumaisystemiisianiorganized,icoordinatedieffortibetweenifacili
tiesiandirespondersiwithiniaidefinedigeographiciareaitoideliveriaifullirangeiof