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 Edition
by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson,
All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered
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1) Whichofthe following groups is credited withdevelopingthe earliestdocu
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mented emergency medicalservice?
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A) The Spanish xi
B) TheEgyptians xi
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D) The French - xi xi
Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not developthe first documentedem
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ergency medicalservice;the Frenchdid inthe 1700s. B)
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INCORRECT.Althoughknownforprogress intechnicalareas, the Egyptianswerenot re
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sponsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French first b
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egan transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to waiting medicalcare.
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C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in Franc xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi
e in1790, nearlya thousand years afterthe Mayancivilizationdisappeared.
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, D) CORRECT.Theearliestdocumentedemergencymedicalservicewasin1790whe xi xi xi xi xi i
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nthe Frenchbegantransporting wounded soldiers fromthe scenes of
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battleto waitingphysicians. xi xi xi
2) In1966 the National HighwaySafetyAct chargedwhichofthe followingagenc
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ies withthe development ofe mergency medicalservice standards?
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A) U.S.DepartmentofTransportation xi xi xi
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Explanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged the
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United States Department of Transportation(DOT) withdeveloping EMSstandards
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and assistingthe states toupgrade the qualityoftheir prehospitalemergencycare.
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B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the manage xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi
mentand conservationoffederal land andthe country's naturalresources.The Departm
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ent ofTransportationwas charged withdevelopingEMSstandards.
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C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services i xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi
s charged withprotectingthe healthofallAmericans, the United StatesDepartment of
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ards.
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taskedwithprotectingthe nation fromthreats, itwas established in2002 and didnotexi
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st in1966. Itwas theU.S. DepartmentofTransportationthat waschargedwithdevelopi
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ng EMS standards.
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