Test bank for Emergency Care 13th Edition by Daniel Limmer (Complete Chapters 1-41)

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 earlie
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st documented emergency medical service?
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A) The Spanish M




B) The Egyptians
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C) The Mayans M




D) The French -M M



MExplanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not develop the first documen
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ted 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, th
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e French first began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to
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Mwaiting medical care.
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C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in
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France in 1790, nearly a thousand years after the Mayan civilization disappeare
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d.

, 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 followi
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ng 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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Explanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charge
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d the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing EM
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S standards and assisting the states to upgrade the quality of their prehospital e
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mergency care. M



B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the
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management and conservation of federal land and the country's natural resource
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s. The Department of Transportation was charged with developing EMS standar
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ds.
C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser
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vices is charged with protecting the health of all Americans, the United States
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Department of Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency
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medical 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 d
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id not exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was cha
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rged with developing EMS standards.
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