Emergency Care 14th Edition – Daniel Limmer Test Bank (Updated 2025)

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1) Whichgofgthegfollowinggrefersgtogagprogramgorgprocessgforgevaluatinggand
gimprovinggthegeffectivenessgofgangEMSgsystem?

A) Qualitygimprovement

,B) Systemgeffectivenessgmanagement
C) ProcessgImprovementgPlang(PIP)
D) Totalgqualitygsystemg-
gA)gCORRECT.gQualitygimprovementg(QI)gconsistsgofgcontinuousgself-

reviewgwithgthegpurposegofgidentifyinggaspectsgofgthegEMSgsystemgthatgrequ
iregimprovement,gwithgsubsequentgactiongplansgtogmakegsubsequent
changes.
B) INCORRECT.gSystemgeffectivenessgmanagementgdoesgnotgrefergtoga
gprogramgofgevaluatinggandgimprovinggangEMSgsystem.

C) INCORRECT.gAgprogramgorgprocessgforgevaluatinggandgimprovinggthe
geffectivenessgofgangEMSgsystemgisgnotgreferredgtogasgagProcessgImprovemen

tgProgram.
D) INCORRECT.gThegtermg"totalgqualitygsystem"gdoesgnotgrefergtogagprogram
gforgimprovinggthegeffectivenessgofgEMSgsystems.




2) Whichgofgthegfollowingggroupsgisgcreditedgwithgdevelopinggthegearliest
gdocumentedgemergencygmedicalgservice?

A) ThegSpanish
B) ThegEgyptians
C) ThegMayans
D) ThegFrenchg-
gExplanation:gA)gINCORRECT.gThegSpanishgdidgnotgdevelopgthegfirstgdocumented

gemergencygmedicalgservice;gthegFrenchgdidgingtheg1700s.gB)gINCORRECT.gAltho

ughgknowngforgprogressgingtechnicalgareas,gthegEgyptiansgweregnotgresponsiblegforgt
hegfirstgdocumentedgemergencygmedicalgservice.gIng1790,gthegFrenchgfirstgbegangtr
ansportinggwoundedgsoldiersgawaygfromgbattlefieldsgandgtogwaitinggmedicalgcare.
C) INCORRECT.gThegearliestgdocumentedgemergencygmedicalgservicegwasgingF
ranceging1790,gnearlygagthousandgyearsgaftergthegMayangcivilizationgdisappeared.

, D) CORRECT.gThegearliestgdocumentedgemergencygmedicalgservicegwasging1790
gwhengthegFrenchgbegangtransportinggwoundedgsoldiersgfromgthegscenesgofgba

ttlegtogwaitinggphysicians.

3) Ing1966gthegNationalgHighwaygSafetygActgchargedgwhichgofgthegfollowing
gagenciesgwithgthegdevelopmentgofgemergencygmedicalgservicegstandards?

A) U.S.gDepartmentgofgTransportation
B) U.S.gDepartmentgofgthegInterior
C) U.S.gDepartmentgofgHealthgServices
D) U.S.gDepartmentgofgHomelandgSecurityg-
gExplanation:gA)gCORRECT.gIng1966gthegNationalgHighwaygSafetygAct gcharged

gthegUnitedgStatesgDepartmentgofgTransportationg(DOT)gwithgdevelopinggEMSgst

andardsgandgassistinggthegstatesgtogupgradegthegqualitygofgtheirgprehospitalgemerg
encygcare.
B) INCORRECT.gThegU.S.gDepartmentgofgthegInteriorgisgchargedgwithgthegma
nagementgandgconservationgofgfederalglandgandgthegcountry'sgnaturalgresources.gTh
egDepartmentgofgTransportationgwasgchargedgwithgdevelopinggEMSgstandards.
C) INCORRECT.gAlthoughgthegU.S.gDepartmentgofgHealthgandgHumangServ
icesgisgchargedgwithgprotectinggtheghealthgofgallgAmericans,gthegUnitedgStatesgDep
artmentgofgTransportationgwasgassignedgthegtaskgofgdevelopinggemergencygmedic
algservicegstandards.
D) INCORRECT.gAlthoughgthegU.S.gDepartmentgofgHomelandgSecuritygisgta
skedgwithgprotectinggthegnationgfromgthreats,gitgwasgestablishedging2002gandgdidgn
otgexistging1966.gItgwasgthegU.S.gDepartmentgofgTransportationgthatgwasgchargedg
withgdevelopinggEMSgstandards.
4) WhichgofgthegfollowinggagenciesgisgresponsiblegforgestablishinggEMSgsystem
gassessmentgprograms?

A) DepartmentgofgHealthgandgHumangServicesg(HHS)
B) NationalgTransportationgSafetygBoardg(NTSB)
C) NationalgHighwaygTrafficgSafetygAdministrationg(NHTSA)
D) UnitedgStatesgHealthgServicesgAgencyg(HSA)g-
gExplanation:gA)gINCORRECT.gThegDepartmentgofgHealthgandgHuman gServic

esg(HHS)gisgnotgresponsiblegforgEMSgsystemgassessmentgprograms.
B) INCORRECT.gThegNationalgTransportationgSafetygBoardg(NTSB)gdoesgnot
gestablishgEMSgsystemgassessmentgprograms.