OEC Chapter 1: Introduction to
Outdoor Emergency Care Questions
and Answers with 100% Complete
Solutions
prehospital care - ANSWER Medical care administered to
someone before they arrive at a hospital
Charles Minot "Minnie" Dole - ANSWER Founder of
National Ski Patrol
Warren Bowman - ANSWER Founder of Outdoor Emergency
Care
confidentiality - ANSWER Withholding sensitive or personal
information about someone, unless it is necessary for someone
else to know it
National Ski Patrol System, Inc. - ANSWER Largest winter
rescue group in the world. Recognized under Title 36 of the
United States Code, by US Congress. Originally division of
NSA/USSA, split off 1953.
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10th Mountain Division - ANSWER NSP recruits fighting in
World War II, 7,000 volunteers
ARC - ANSWER American Red Cross
L.M. Thompson - ANSWER First chairman of NSP Medical
Advisory Committee
National Medical Advisor - ANSWER Chair of NSP Medical
Advisory Committee
Winter Emergency Care - ANSWER First name of Outdoor
Emergency Care, founded by Warren Bowman in 1985
EMT - ANSWER Emergency Medical Technician
Evidence based medicine - ANSWER Main proponent of
OEC. Reviews of studies and research into previous scenarios
influence content of OEC.