TEST BANK for Emergency Care 13th Edition
by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson,
All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered
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,Chapter 1 o
1) Whichoofotheofollowingogroupsoisocreditedowithodevelopingotheoearliesto
documentedoemergencyomedicaloservice?
A) TheoSpanish
B) TheoEgyptians
C) TheoMayans
D) TheoFrencho-
oExplanation:oA)oINCORRECT.oTheoSpanishodidonotodevelopotheofirstodocumente
doemergencyomedicaloservice;otheoFrenchodidoinotheo1700s.oB)
INCORRECT.oAlthoughoknownoforoprogressoinotechnicaloareas,otheoEgyptiansowereon
otoresponsibleoforotheofirstodocumentedoemergencyomedicaloservice.oIno1790,otheoFre
nchofirstobeganotransportingowoundedosoldiersoawayofromobattlefieldsoandotoowaiting
o medicalocare.
C) INCORRECT.oTheoearliestodocumentedoemergencyomedicaloserviceowasoinoFr
anceoino1790,onearlyoaothousandoyearsoafterotheoMayanocivilizationodisappeared.
2) Ino1966otheoNationaloHighwayoSafetyoActochargedowhichoofotheofollowingoa
genciesowithotheodevelopmentoofoemergencyomedicaloserviceostandards?
A) U.S.oDepartmentoofoTransportation
B) U.S.oDepartmentoofotheoInterior
C) U.S.oDepartmentoofoHealthoServices
D) U.S.oDepartmentoofoHomelandoSecurityo-
o Explanation:oA)oCORRECT.oIno1966o theo Nationalo Highwayo Safetyo Acto chargedo t
heo Unitedo Stateso Departmento ofoTransportationo(DOT)owithodevelopingoEMSostan
dardsoandoassistingotheostatesotooupgradeotheoqualityoofotheiroprehospitaloemergenc
yocare.
B) INCORRECT.oTheoU.S.oDepartmentoofotheoInterioroisochargedowithotheoman
agementoandoconservationoofofederalolandoandotheocountry'sonaturaloresources.oTheo
DepartmentoofoTransportationowasochargedowithodevelopingoEMSostandards.
C) INCORRECT.oAlthoughotheoU.S.oDepartmentoofoHealthoandoHumanoServic
esoisochargedowithoprotectingotheohealthoofoalloAmericans,otheoUnitedoStatesoDepart
mentoofoTransportationowasoassignedotheotaskoofodevelopingoemergencyomedicalos
erviceostandards.
D) INCORRECT.oAlthoughotheoU.S.oDepartmentoofoHomelandoSecurityois
taskedowithoprotectingotheonationofromothreats,oitowasoestablishedoino2002oandodidon
otoexistoino1966.oItowasotheoU.S.oDepartmentoofoTransportationothatowasochargedowi
thodevelopingoEMSostandards.
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