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TEST BANK for Emergency Care 13th
Edition
by Daniel Limmer8 Michael F7 O'Keefe and Edward T7
Dickinson8
All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered
,
, Chapter 1
1) Which of the following groups is credited with developing
the earliest documented emergency medical service?
A) The Spanish
B) The Egyptians
C) The Mayans
D) The French - Explanation: A) INCORRECT7 The Spanish did not
develop the first documented emergency medical service; the French
did in the 1700s7 B) INCORRECT7 Although known for progress in
technical areas8 the Egyptians were not responsible for the first
documented emergency medical service7 In 17908 the French first
began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to
waiting medical care7
C) INCORRECT7 The earliest documented emergency medical
service was in France in 17908 nearly a thousand years after the
Mayan civilization disappeared7
, D) CORRECT7 The earliest documented emergency medical service
was in 1790when the French began transporting wounded
soldiers from the scenes of battle to waiting physicians7
2) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the
following agencies with the development of emergency medical
service standards?
A) U7S7 Department of Transportation
B) U7S7 Department of the Interior
C) U7S7 Department of Health Services
D) U7S7 Department of Homeland Security - Explanation: A)
CORRECT7 In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged the
United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing
EMS standards and assisting the states to upgrade the quality of
their prehospital emergency care7
B) INCORRECT7 The U7S7 Department of the Interior is charged
with the management and conservation of federal land and the
country's natural resources7 The Department of Transportation was
charged with developing EMS standards7
C) INCORRECT7 Although the U7S7 Department of Health and
Human Services is charged with protecting the health of all
Americans8 the United States Department of Transportation was
assigned the task of developing emergency medical service
standards7
D) INCORRECT7 Although the U7S7 Department of Homeland
Security is tasked with protecting the nation from threats8 it was
established in 2002 and did not exist in 19667 It was the U7S7
Department of Transportation that was chargedwith developing
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