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TEST BANK for
Emergency Care 14th Edition
by Limmer, O'Keefe and Dickinson,
All Chapters 1-41 Covered

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1) Which of the following groups is credited with developing the earliestdo
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cumented emergency medical service?
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A) The Spanish
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B) The Egyptians
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C) The Mayans
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D) The French -
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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 wereno
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t responsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French
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first began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting medi
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cal care.
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C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in Fra
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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
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hen the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the scenes of
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battle to waiting physicians.
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2) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the followingag
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encies 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
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C) U.S. Department of Health Services
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D) U.S. Department of Homeland Security -
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e Explanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged the
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e United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing EMS standar
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ds and assisting the states toupgrade the quality of their prehospital emergency care
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.
B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the mana
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gement and conservation of federal land and the country's natural resources.The De
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partment of Transportation was charged with developing EMS standards.
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C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service
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s is charged with protecting the health of all Americans, the United StatesDepartme
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nt of Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency medical servic
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e standards.
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D) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is
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tasked with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and didnot
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exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was chargedwith d
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eveloping EMS standards. e e

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