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 developingthe earliestdoc
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umented emergency medical service?
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D) The French - ri ri
Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not developthe first documented e
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mergency medicalservice; the Frenchdid inthe 1700s. B)
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INCORRECT.Although known for progress intechnicalareas, the Egyptians werenot r
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esponsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French firs
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t began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting medical ca
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C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in Franc ri ri ri ri ri ri ri ri ri
e in1790, nearly a thousand years after the Mayan civilization disappeared.
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