TEST BANK For Emergency Care, 14th Edition by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe, Verified Chapters 1 - 41, Complete Newest Version TEST BANK For Emergency Care, 14th Edition by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe, Verified Chapters 1 - 41, Complete Newest Version TEST BANK For Emergency Care, 14th Ed...
TEST BANK for Emergency Care 14th Editio
by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinso
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1) Which of the following groups is credited with developing the earliestd
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ocumented emergency medical service? SJ SJ SJ
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B) The Egyptians
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D) The French -
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SJ Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not developthe first documented
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emergency medical service; the French did in the 1700s. B)
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INCORRECT. Although known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptians weren
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ot responsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the Fre
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nch first began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting
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medical care. SJ
C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in FraSJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ
nce in 1790, nearly a thousand years after the Mayan civilization disappeared.
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, D) CORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in 1790w SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ S
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hen the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the scenes of
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battle to waiting physicians. SJ SJ SJ
2) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the followinga
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gencies with the development of emergency medical service standards?
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A) U.S. Department of Transportation
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B) U.S. Department of the Interior SJ SJ SJ SJ
C) U.S. Department of Health Services
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D) U.S. Department of Homeland Security -
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J the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing EMS st
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andards and assisting the states toupgrade the quality of their prehospital emergen
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cy care. SJ
B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the man SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ
agement and conservation of federal land and the country's natural resources.The D
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epartment of Transportation was charged with developing EMS standards.
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C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ
es is charged with protecting the health of all Americans, the United StatesDepart
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ment of Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency medical s
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ervice standards. SJ
D) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ
tasked with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and didn
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ot exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was chargedwit
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