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TESTBANKforEmergencyCare14th Edition
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by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson,
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1) Whichofthe following groupsis creditedwithdevelopingtheearliest
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documented emergency medicalservice?
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A) The Spanish e




B) TheEgyptians
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C) TheMayanse




D) The French - Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not developthe
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e firstdocumentedemergencymedicalservice;the Frenchdid inthe1700s. B)
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INCORRECT.Althoughknownforprogress intechnicalareas, theEgyptianswerenot
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e responsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French
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e first began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting medical
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care.
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C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in France e e e e e e e e e




in1790,nearlyathousand years aftertheMayancivilizationdisappeared.
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, D) CORRECT.Theearliestdocumentedemergencymedicalservicewasin1790 e e e e e e e e e




whenthe Frenchbegantransporting wounded soldiers fromthe scenes of
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battletowaitingphysicians. e e e




2) In1966 theNationalHighwaySafetyAct charged whichofthe following
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agencies withthe development ofemergency medicalservice standards?
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A) U.S.DepartmentofTransportation
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B) U.S. Department oftheInterior
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C) U.S. Department ofHealthServices
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D) U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Explanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966
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e the National Highway Safety Act charged the United States Department of
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e Transportation(DOT)withdevelopingEMSstandards andassistingthestatesto e e e e e e e e e e




upgrade the qualityoftheir prehospitalemergencycare.
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B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the e e e e e e e e e e




e managementandconservationoffederallandandthecountry's naturalresources.The e e e e e e e e e e e




e DepartmentofTransportationwas chargedwithdevelopingEMSstandards. e e e e e e e e




C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services e e e e e e e e e




e is chargedwithprotectingthe healthofallAmericans, theUnited StatesDepartment of
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e Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency medicalservice e e e e e e e e e




e standards.
D) INCORRECT.AlthoughtheU.S.DepartmentofHomelandSecurityis e e e e e e e e




tasked with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and did not
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exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was charged with
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developing EMS standards.
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