Test Bank Emergency Care 14thEdition Daniel Limmer-latest-2023

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dition Daniel Limmer-latest- 2023
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, Emergency Care 14th Edition by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edw
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ard T. Dickinson Test Bank U U U U




1) Which of the following refers to a program or process for evaluating and
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Uimproving the effectiveness of an EMS system?
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B) System effectiveness management
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C) Process Improvement Plan (PIP)
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D) Total quality system -
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UA) CORRECT. Quality improvement (QI) consists of continuous self-
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review with the purpose of identifying aspects of the EMS system that require im
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provement, with subsequent action plans to make subsequent changes.
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B) INCORRECT. System effectiveness management does not refer to a program of
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Uevaluating and improving an EMS system.
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C) INCORRECT. A program or process for evaluating and improving the
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effectiveness of an EMS system is not referred to as a Process Improvement
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UProgram.
D) INCORRECT. The term "total quality system" does not refer to a program for
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Uimproving the effectiveness of EMS systems.
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2) Which of the following groups is credited with developing the earliest
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Udocumented 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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UExplanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not develop the first document
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ed emergency medical service; the French did in the 1700s.
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B) INCORRECT. Although known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptians
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,were not responsible for the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790,
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Uthe French first began transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and t
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o waiting 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 1790
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when the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the scenes of battle t
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o waiting physicians.
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3) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the following
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Uagencies 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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UExplanation: A) CORRECT. In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged t
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he United States Department of Transportation (DOT) with developing EMS stan
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dards and assisting the states to upgrade the quality of their prehospital emergenc
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y care.
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B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the mana
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gement and conservation of federal land and the country's natural resources. The
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Department of Transportation was charged with developing EMS standards.
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C) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is
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Ucharged with protecting the health of all Americans, the United States Departmen
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t of Transportation was assigned the task of developing emergency medical servic
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e standards.
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D) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is tasked
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with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and did not exist
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Uin 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was charged with dev
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