Test Bank for Emergency Care{ 14th Edition }by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe | All Chapters Included | Elaborated Answers | Updated

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1) Which of the following refers to a program or process for evaluating and i
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mproving the effectiveness of an EMS system?
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A) Quality improvement
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A) CORRECT. Quality improvement (QI) consists of continuous self-
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review with the purpose of identifying aspects of the EMS system that requi
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re improvement, with subsequent action plans to make subsequent
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changes.
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program of evaluating and improving an EMS system.
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ffectiveness of an EMS system is not referred to as a Process Improvement P
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rogram.
D) INCORRECT. The term "total quality system" does not refer to a program f dl dl dl dl dl dl dl dl dl dl dl dl



or improving the effectiveness of EMS systems.
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2) Which of the following groups is credited with developing the earliest
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documented emergency medical service? dl dl dl



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Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not develop the first documented
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emergency medical service; the French did in the 1700s. B) INCORRECT. Althoug
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h known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptians were not responsible for the fi
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rst documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French first began transpo
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rting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to
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ance in 1790, nearly a thousand years after the Mayan civilization disappeared.
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