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by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T.
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All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered
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1) Which of the following groups is credited with developing
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the earliestdocumented emergency medical service?
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D) The French - Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not
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did in the 1700s. B)
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ii soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting medical care.
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ii was in France in 1790, nearly a thousand years after the Mayan
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civilization disappeared.
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