Test Bank For Emergency Care 14th Edition by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson||All Chapters Covered||Complete Guide A+

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 c




B) TheEgyptians
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C) TheMayansc




D) The French - Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not developthe
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c firstdocumentedemergencymedicalservice;the Frenchdid inthe1700s. B)
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INCORRECT.Althoughknownforprogress intechnicalareas, theEgyptianswerenot
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c responsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French
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c 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 c c c c c c c c c




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




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




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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c the National Highway Safety Act charged the United States Department of
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c Transportation(DOT)withdevelopingEMSstandards andassistingthestatesto c c c c c c c c c c




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




c managementandconservationoffederallandandthecountry's naturalresources.The c c c c c c c c c c c




c DepartmentofTransportationwas chargedwithdevelopingEMSstandards. c c c c c c c c




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




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




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




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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