TEST BANK for Emergency Care 14th Edition by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson, All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered

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) Whichtroftrthetrfollowingtrgroupstristrcreditedtrwithtrdevelopingtrthetrearliestrt
documentedtremergencytrmedicaltrservice?
A) ThetrSpanish
B) ThetrEgyptians
C) ThetrMayans
D) ThetrFrenchtr-
tr Explanation:trA)trINCORRECT.trThetrSpanishtrdidtrnottrdeveloprtt hetrfirsttrdocumente
dtremergencytrmedicaltrservice;trthetrFrenchtrdidtrintrthetr1700s.trB)
INCORRECT.trAlthoughtrknowntrfortrprogresstrintrtechnicaltrareas,trthetrEgyptianstrwerert
nottrresponsibletrfortrthetrfirsttrdocumentedtremergencytrmedicaltrservice.trIntr1790,trthetr
Frenchtrfirsttrbegantrtransportingtrwoundedtrsoldierstrawaytrfromtrbattlefieldstrandtrtotrwa
itingtrmedicaltrcare.
C) INCORRECT.trThetrearliesttrdocumentedtremergencytrmedicaltrservicetrwastrintrF
rancetrintr1790,trnearlytratrthousandtryearstraftertrthetrMayantrcivilizationtrdisappeared.

, D) CORRECT.trThetrearliesttrdocumentedtremergencytrmedicaltrservicetrwastrintr1790rt
whentrthetrFrenchtrbegantrtransportingtrwoundedtrsoldierstrfromtrthetrscenestrof
battletrtotrwaitingtrphysicians.


2) Intr1966trthetrNationaltrHighwaytrSafetytrActtrchargedtrwhichtroftrthetrfollowingrt
agenciestrwithtrthetrdevelopmenttroftremergencytrmedicaltrservicetrstandards?
A) U.S.trDepartmenttroftrTransportation
B) U.S.trDepartmenttroftrthetrInterior
C) U.S.trDepartmenttroftrHealthtrServices
D) U.S.trDepartmenttroftrHomelandtrSecuritytr-
tr Explanation:trA)trCORRECT.trIntr1966t r thet r Nationalt r Highwayt r Safetytr Actt r charge
dt r thet r Unitedt r Statest r Departmentt r oftrTransportationtr(DOT)trwithtrdevelopingtrEM
Strstandardstrandtrassistingtrthetrstatestrtorut pgradetrthetrqualitytroftrtheirtrprehospitaltrem
ergencytrcare.
B) INCORRECT.trThetrU.S.trDepartmenttroftrthetrInteriortristrchargedtrwithtrthetrma
nagementtrandtrconservationtroftrfederaltrlandtrandtrthetrcountry'strnaturaltrresources.rT
t h



etrDepartmenttroftrTransportationtrwastrchargedtrwithtrdevelopingtrEMStrstandards.
C) INCORRECT.trAlthoughtrthetrU.S.trDepartmenttroftrHealthtrandtrHumantrServi
cestristrchargedtrwithtrprotectingtrthetrhealthtroftralltrAmericans,trthetrUnitedtrStatesrD
t epa



rtmenttroftrTransportationtrwastrassignedtrthetrtasktroftrdevelopingtremergencytrmedica
ltrservicetrstandards.
D) INCORRECT.trAlthoughtrthetrU.S.trDepartmenttroftrHomelandtrSecuritytris
taskedtrwithtrprotectingtrthetrnationtrfromtrthreats,trittrwastrestablishedtrintr2002trandtrdidrt
nottrexisttrintr1966.trIttrwastrthetrU.S.trDepartmenttroftrTransportationtrthattrwastrchargedrt
withtrdevelopingtrEMStrstandards.