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EDITION BY DANIEL LIMM g g gg
ER, MICHAEL F. O'KEEFE A
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ND EDWARD T. DICKINSON
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TEST BANK (LATEST REVI
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SED AND ANSWERED VERI
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FIED BY EXPERT TUTOR 20
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1) Whichgofgthegfollowinggrefersgtogagprogramgorgprocessgforgevaluatinggand
gimprovinggthegeffectivenessgofgangEMSgsystem?
A) Qualitygimprovement
B) Systemgeffectivenessgmanagement
C) ProcessgImprovementgPlang(PIP)
D) Totalgqualitygsystemg-
gA)gCORRECT.gQualitygimprovementg(QI)gconsistsgofgcontinuousgself-
reviewgwithgthegpurposegofgidentifyinggaspectsgofgthegEMSgsystemgthatgrequiregim
provement,gwithgsubsequentgactiongplansgtogmakegsubsequentgchanges.
B) INCORRECT.gSystemgeffectivenessgmanagementgdoesgnotgrefergtogagprogramgof
gevaluatinggandgimprovinggangEMSgsystem.
C) INCORRECT.gAgprogramgorgprocessgforgevaluatinggandgimprovinggthege
ffectivenessgofgangEMSgsystemgisgnotgreferredgtogasgagProcessgImprovementg
Program.
D) INCORRECT.gThegtermg"totalgqualitygsystem"gdoesgnotgrefergtogagprogramgfor
gimprovinggthegeffectivenessgofgEMSgsystems.
2) Whichgofgthegfollowingggroupsgisgcreditedgwithgdevelopinggthegearliest
gdocumentedgemergencygmedicalgservice?
A) ThegSpanish
B) ThegEgyptians
C) ThegMayans
D) ThegFrenchg-
gExplanation:gA)gINCORRECT.gThegSpanishgdidgnotgdevelopgthegfirstgdocumente
dgemergencygmedicalgservice;gthegFrenchgdidgingtheg1700s.
B) INCORRECT.gAlthoughgknowngforgprogressgingtechnicalgareas,gthegEgyptians
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weregnotgresponsiblegforgthegfirstgdocumentedgemergencygmedicalgservice.gIng1790,
gthegFrenchgfirstgbegangtransportinggwoundedgsoldiersgawaygfromgbattlefieldsgandgt
ogwaitinggmedicalgcare.
C) INCORRECT.gThegearliestgdocumentedgemergencygmedicalgservicegwasgingFr
anceging1790,gnearlygagthousandgyearsgaftergthegMayangcivilizationgdisappeared.
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D) CORRECT.gThegearliestgdocumentedgemergencygmedicalgservicegwasging1790
gwhengthegFrenchgbegangtransportinggwoundedgsoldiersgfromgthegscenesgofgbattlegt
ogwaitinggphysicians.
3) Ing1966gthegNationalgHighwaygSafetygActgchargedgwhichgofgthegfollowing
gagenciesgwithgthegdevelopmentgofgemergencygmedicalgservicegstandards?
A) U.S.gDepartmentgofgTransportation
B) U.S.gDepartmentgofgthegInterior
C) U.S.gDepartmentgofgHealthgServices
D) U.S.gDepartmentgofgHomelandgSecurityg-
gExplanation:gA)gCORRECT.gIng1966gthegNationalgHighwaygSafetygActgchargedgt
hegUnitedgStatesgDepartmentgofgTransportationg(DOT)gwithgdevelopinggEMSgstan
dardsgandgassistinggthegstatesgtogupgradegthegqualitygofgtheirgprehospitalgemergenc
ygcare.
B) INCORRECT.gThegU.S.gDepartmentgofgthegInteriorgisgchargedgwithgthegmana
gementgandgconservationgofgfederalglandgandgthegcountry'sgnaturalgresources.gTheg
DepartmentgofgTransportationgwasgchargedgwithgdevelopinggEMSgstandards.
C) INCORRECT.gAlthoughgthegU.S.gDepartmentgofgHealthgandgHumangServicesgis
gchargedgwithgprotectinggtheghealthgofgallgAmericans,gthegUnitedgStatesgDepartmen
tgofgTransportationgwasgassignedgthegtaskgofgdevelopinggemergencygmedicalgservic
egstandards.
D) INCORRECT.gAlthoughgthegU.S.gDepartmentgofgHomelandgSecuritygisgtaskedg
withgprotectinggthegnationgfromgthreats,gitgwasgestablishedging2002gandgdidgnotgexist
ging1966.gItgwasgthegU.S.gDepartmentgofgTransportationgthatgwasgchargedgwithgdev
elopinggEMSgstandards.
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