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Emergency Care 14th Edition Daniel Limmer
,Table of content
Chapter 1 Introduction to Emergency Medical Services
Chapter 2 Well-Being of the EMT
Chapter 3 Lifting and Moving Patients
Chapter 4 Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
Chapter 5 Medical Terminology
Chapter 6 Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 7 Principles of Pathophysiology
Chapter 8 Life Span Development
Chapter 9 Airway Management
Chapter 10 Respiration and Artificial Ventilation
Chapter 11 Scene Size-Up
Chapter 12 Primary Assessment
Chapter 13 Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices
Chapter 14 Principles of Assessment
Chapter 15 Secondary Assessment
Chapter 16 Reassessment
Chapter 17 Communication and Documentation
Chapter 18 General Pharmacology
Chapter 19 Respiratory Emergencies
Chapter 20 Cardiac Emergencies
Chapter 21 Resuscitation
Chapter 22 Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status
Chapter 23 Allergic Reaction
Chapter 24 Infectious Diseases and Sepsis
Chapter 25 Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies
Chapter 26 Abdominal Emergencies
Chapter 27 Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies and Suicide
Chapter 28 Hematologic and Renal Emergencies
Chapter 29 Bleeding and Shock
Chapter 30 Soft-Tissue Trauma
Chapter 31 Chest and Abdominal Trauma
Chapter 32 Musculoskeletal Trauma
Chapter 33 Trauma to the Head, Neck, and Spine
Chapter 34 Multisystem Trauma
Chapter 35 Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 36 Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
Chapter 37 Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges
Chapter 38 EMS Operations
Chapter 39 Hazardous Materials, Multiple-Casualty Incidents, and Incident
Management
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Chapter 40 Highway Safety and Vehicle Extrication
Chapter 41 EMS Response to Terrorism
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Emergency Care, 14e (Limmer/O'Keefe/Dickinson)
Chapter 1 Introduction to Emergency Medical Services
1) Which of the following refers to a program or process for evaluating and improving the
effectiveness of an EMS system?
A) Quality improvement
B) System effectiveness management
C) Process Improvement Plan (PIP)
D) Total quality system
Answer: A
Explanation: A) CORRECT. Quality improvement (QI) consists of continuous self-review with
the purpose of identifying aspects of the EMS system that require improvement, with subsequent
action plans to make necessary changes.
B) INCORRECT. System effectiveness management does not refer to a program of evaluating
and improving an EMS system.
C) INCORRECT. A program or process for evaluating and improving the effectiveness of an
EMS system is not referred to as a Process Improvement Program.
D) INCORRECT. The term "total quality system" does not refer to a program for improving the
effectiveness of EMS systems.
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Objective: 1.2
2) 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
Answer: D
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.
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Objective: 1.1
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Emergency Care 14th Edition Daniel Limmer
,Table of content
Chapter 1 Introduction to Emergency Medical Services
Chapter 2 Well-Being of the EMT
Chapter 3 Lifting and Moving Patients
Chapter 4 Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
Chapter 5 Medical Terminology
Chapter 6 Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 7 Principles of Pathophysiology
Chapter 8 Life Span Development
Chapter 9 Airway Management
Chapter 10 Respiration and Artificial Ventilation
Chapter 11 Scene Size-Up
Chapter 12 Primary Assessment
Chapter 13 Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices
Chapter 14 Principles of Assessment
Chapter 15 Secondary Assessment
Chapter 16 Reassessment
Chapter 17 Communication and Documentation
Chapter 18 General Pharmacology
Chapter 19 Respiratory Emergencies
Chapter 20 Cardiac Emergencies
Chapter 21 Resuscitation
Chapter 22 Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status
Chapter 23 Allergic Reaction
Chapter 24 Infectious Diseases and Sepsis
Chapter 25 Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies
Chapter 26 Abdominal Emergencies
Chapter 27 Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies and Suicide
Chapter 28 Hematologic and Renal Emergencies
Chapter 29 Bleeding and Shock
Chapter 30 Soft-Tissue Trauma
Chapter 31 Chest and Abdominal Trauma
Chapter 32 Musculoskeletal Trauma
Chapter 33 Trauma to the Head, Neck, and Spine
Chapter 34 Multisystem Trauma
Chapter 35 Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 36 Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
Chapter 37 Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges
Chapter 38 EMS Operations
Chapter 39 Hazardous Materials, Multiple-Casualty Incidents, and Incident
Management
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Chapter 40 Highway Safety and Vehicle Extrication
Chapter 41 EMS Response to Terrorism
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Emergency Care, 14e (Limmer/O'Keefe/Dickinson)
Chapter 1 Introduction to Emergency Medical Services
1) Which of the following refers to a program or process for evaluating and improving the
effectiveness of an EMS system?
A) Quality improvement
B) System effectiveness management
C) Process Improvement Plan (PIP)
D) Total quality system
Answer: A
Explanation: A) CORRECT. Quality improvement (QI) consists of continuous self-review with
the purpose of identifying aspects of the EMS system that require improvement, with subsequent
action plans to make necessary changes.
B) INCORRECT. System effectiveness management does not refer to a program of evaluating
and improving an EMS system.
C) INCORRECT. A program or process for evaluating and improving the effectiveness of an
EMS system is not referred to as a Process Improvement Program.
D) INCORRECT. The term "total quality system" does not refer to a program for improving the
effectiveness of EMS systems.
Page Ref: 13
Objective: 1.2
2) 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
Answer: D
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.
Page Ref: 3
Objective: 1.1
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