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by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T.
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All Chapters 1 - 41 Covered
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1) Which of the following groups is credited with developingt
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he earliestdocumented emergency medical service?
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u Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did notdevelopthe first do
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cumented emergency medical service; the French did in the 1700s. B)
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INCORRECT. Although known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptian
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s werenot responsible for the first documented emergency medical servi
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ce. In 1790, the French first began transporting woundedsoldiers away f
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rom battlefields and to waiting medical care.
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C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service
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was in France in 1790, nearly a thousand years after the Mayan civilizati
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on disappeared.
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