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TESTBANKforEmergency Care14th Edition
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by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson,
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AllChapters1- 41Covered
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1) Whichofthe following groups is creditedwithdevelopingthe
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earliestdocumented emergency medicalservice?
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A) The Spanish b




B) TheEgyptians b




C) TheMayans b




D) The French - Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not developthe
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bfirstdocumentedemergencymedicalservice;the Frenchdid inthe1700s. B)
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INCORRECT.Althoughknownforprogress intechnicalareas, theEgyptianswerenot
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bresponsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French
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bfirst 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
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Francein1790, nearlyathousand years aftertheMayancivilizationdisappeared.
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, D) CORRECT.Theearliestdocumentedemergencymedicalservicewas b b b b b b b




in1790whenthe Frenchbegantransporting wounded soldiers fromthe scenes of
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battletowaitingphysicians. b b b




2) In1966 the National HighwaySafetyAct charged whichofthe
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b followingagencies withthe development ofemergency medicalservice
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bstandards?
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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b the National Highway Safety Act charged the United States Department of
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b Transportation(DOT)withdevelopingEMSstandards andassistingthestates b b b b b b b b b




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




b managementandconservationoffederallandandthe country's naturalresources.The
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b DepartmentofTransportationwas chargedwithdevelopingEMSstandards. b b b b b b b b




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




b is charged withprotectingthe healthofallAmericans, the United StatesDepartment of
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b Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency medicalservice b b b b b b b b b




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




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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