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TEST BANK for Emergency Care 13th Edition by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson,

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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) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not develop the first documented emergency medical service; the F...

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TEST BANK for Emergency Care 13th Edition
by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson,

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) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not develop
the first documented emergency medical service; the French did in the 1700s. B)
INCORRECT. Although known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptians were
not responsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the
French first began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to
waiting medical care.
C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in
France in 1790, nearly a thousand years after the Mayan civilization disappeared.

, D) CORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in 1790
when the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the scenes of
battle to waiting physicians.

2) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the following
agencies with the development of emergency medical service standards?
A) U.S. Department of Transportation
B) U.S. Department of the Interior
C) U.S. Department of Health Services
D) U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Explanation: A) CORRECT. 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 care.
B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the
management and conservation of federal land and the country's natural resources.
The Department of Transportation was charged with developing EMS standards.
C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services is charged with protecting the health of all Americans, the United States
Department of Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency
medical service standards.
D) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is
tasked with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and did
not exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was charged
with developing EMS standards.

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