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TEST BANK - Nancy Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Streets, 8th

Edition by Nancy Caroline
Chapters 1 - 53 | All Chapters

,TABLE OF CONTENTS

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, CHAPTER 1: EMS Systems
1. EMS stands for:

a. Evolve Medical Service
b. Emergency Medical Services
c. Emergency Medical School
d. European Medical Services

ANSWER: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 4



2. The first recorded use of an ambulance was by the military during the Siege of Malaga in:

a. At the beginning of 1400
b. In the mid of 1400
c. At the start of 1500
d. At the end of 1400

ANSWER: D DIF: Moderate REF: pg. 4



3. (CoAEMSP) is the only accrediting body for paramedic programs which stands for:

a. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
b. Committee on Association of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
c. Conference on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions
d. Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS

People ANSWER: A DIF: Hard REF: Pg. 10

4. A registry system which is used to test and establish licensure is:

a. NREMT
b. NREMS
c. NREMP
d. NREMR

ANSWER: A DIF: Moderate REF: Pg. 9

5. What is Reciprocity?