TEST BANK for Emergency Care 13th Edition
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by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson,
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All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered
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1) Which of the following groups is credited with developing the earlies
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t documented emergency medical service?
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A) The Spanish
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B) The Egyptians
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C) The Mayans
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D) The French -
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Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not develop the first document
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ed emergency medical service; the French did in the 1700s. B)
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INCORRECT. Although known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptians wer
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e not responsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the
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m French first began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to w
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aiting medical care.
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C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in F
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rance in 1790, nearly a thousand years after the Mayan civilization disappeared.
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, D) CORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in 179
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0 when the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the scenes of
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battle to waiting physicians.
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2) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the followin
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g agencies with the development of emergency medical service standards?
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A) U.S. Department of Transportation
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B) U.S. Department of the Interior
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C) U.S. Department of Health Services
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D) U.S. Department of Homeland Security -
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m Explanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged
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m the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing EMS s
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tandards and assisting the states to upgrade the quality of their prehospital emer
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gency care. m
B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the m
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anagement and conservation of federal land and the country's natural resources.
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The Department of Transportation was charged with developing EMS standards.
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C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Serv
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ices is charged with protecting the health of all Americans, the United States De
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partment of Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency med
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ical service standards.
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D) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is
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tasked with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and di
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d not exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was charg
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edwith developing EMS standards.
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by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson,
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All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered
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,Chapter 1 m
1) Which of the following groups is credited with developing the earlies
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t documented emergency medical service?
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A) The Spanish
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B) The Egyptians
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C) The Mayans
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D) The French -
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Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not develop the first document
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ed emergency medical service; the French did in the 1700s. B)
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INCORRECT. Although known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptians wer
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e not responsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the
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m French first began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to w
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aiting medical care.
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C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in F
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rance in 1790, nearly a thousand years after the Mayan civilization disappeared.
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, D) CORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in 179
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0 when the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the scenes of
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battle to waiting physicians.
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2) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the followin
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g agencies with the development of emergency medical service standards?
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A) U.S. Department of Transportation
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B) U.S. Department of the Interior
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C) U.S. Department of Health Services
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D) U.S. Department of Homeland Security -
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m Explanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged
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m the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing EMS s
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tandards and assisting the states to upgrade the quality of their prehospital emer
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gency care. m
B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the m
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anagement and conservation of federal land and the country's natural resources.
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The Department of Transportation was charged with developing EMS standards.
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C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Serv
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ices is charged with protecting the health of all Americans, the United States De
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partment of Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency med
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ical service standards.
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D) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is
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tasked with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and di
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d not exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was charg
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edwith developing EMS standards.
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