TEST BANK for Emergency Care 14th Edition by Daniel Limmer, O'Keefe and Dickinson, All Chapters 1-41 Covered

TEST BANK
Emergency Care 14th Edition
by Daniel Limmer, O'Keefe and Dickinson,
All Chapters 1-41 Covered

,
,Chapter 1 U




1) WhichUofUtheUfollowingUgroupsUisUcreditedUwithUdevelopingUtheUearlies
tUdocumentedUemergencyUmedicalUservice?
A) TheUSpanish

B) TheUEgyptians

C) TheUMayans

D) TheUFrenchU-
U Explanation:UA)UINCORRECT.UTheUSpanishUdidUnotUdevelopUtheUfirstUdocumente
dUemergencyUmedicalUservice;UtheUFrenchUdidUinUtheU1700s.UB)
INCORRECT.UAlthoughUknownUforUprogressUinUtechnicalUareas,UtheUEgyptiansUwereU
notUresponsibleUforUtheUfirstUdocumentedUemergencyUmedicalUservice.UInU1790,Uth
eUFrenchUfirstUbeganUtransportingUwoundedUsoldiersUawayUfromUbattlefieldsUandUto
U waitingUmedicalUcare.
C) INCORRECT.UTheUearliestUdocumentedUemergencyUmedicalUserviceUwasUinUF
ranceUinU1790,UnearlyUaUthousandUyearsUafterUtheUMayanUcivilizationUdisappeared
.

, D) CORRECT.UTheUearliestUdocumentedUemergencyUmedicalUserviceUwasUinU179
0UwhenUtheUFrenchUbeganUtransportingUwoundedUsoldiersUfromUtheUscenesUof
battleUtoUwaitingUphysicians.



2) InU1966UtheUNationalUHighwayUSafetyUActUchargedUwhichUofUtheUfollowingU
agenciesUwithUtheUdevelopmentUofUemergencyUmedicalUserviceUstandards?
A) U.S.UDepartmentUofUTransportation

B) U.S.UDepartmentUofUtheUInterior

C) U.S.UDepartmentUofUHealthUServices

D) U.S.UDepartmentUofUHomelandUSecurityU-
U Explanation:UA)UCORRECT.UInU1966U theU NationalU HighwayU SafetyU ActU chargedU t
heU UnitedU StatesU DepartmentU ofUTransportationU(DOT)UwithUdevelopingUEMSUsta
ndardsUandUassistingUtheUstatesUtoUupgradeUtheUqualityUofUtheirUprehospitalUemer
gencyUcare.
B) INCORRECT.UTheUU.S.UDepartmentUofUtheUInteriorUisUchargedUwithUtheUma
nagementUandUconservationUofUfederalUlandUandUtheUcountry'sUnaturalUresources.U
TheUDepartmentUofUTransportationUwasUchargedUwithUdevelopingUEMSUstandards.
C) INCORRECT.UAlthoughUtheUU.S.UDepartmentUofUHealthUandUHumanUServic
esUisUchargedUwithUprotectingUtheUhealthUofUallUAmericans,UtheUUnitedUStatesUDep
artmentUofUTransportationUwasUassignedUtheUtaskUofUdevelopingUemergencyUme
dicalUserviceUstandards.
D) INCORRECT.UAlthoughUtheUU.S.UDepartmentUofUHomelandUSecurityUis
taskedUwithUprotectingUtheUnationUfromUthreats,UitUwasUestablishedUinU2002UandU
didUnotUexistUinU1966.UItUwasUtheUU.S.UDepartmentUofUTransportationUthatUwasUch
argedUwithUdevelopingUEMSUstandards.