Test Bank For Emergency Care 14th Edition by Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe and Edward T. Dickinson||All Chapters Covered||Complete Guide A+

,A) System effectiveness management xd xd



B) Process Improvement Plan (PIP) xd xd xd



C) Total quality system - xd xd xd



A) CORRECT. Quality improvement (QI) consists of continuous self-
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review with the purpose of identifying aspects of the EMS system that req
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uire improvement, with subsequent action plans to make subsequent
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changes.
B) INCORRECT. System effectiveness management does not refer to a xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd x



program of evaluating and improving an EMS system.
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C) INCORRECT. A program or process for evaluating and improving the xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd x



effectiveness of an EMS system is not referred to as a Process Improveme
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nt Program.
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D) INCORRECT. The term "total quality system" does not refer to a program xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd



for improving the effectiveness of EMS systems.
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2) 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 xd



B) The Egyptians xd



C) The Mayans xd



D) The French - xd xd



Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish did not develop the first documente
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d emergency medical service; the French did in the 1700s. B) INCORRECT. Alth
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ough known for progress in technical areas, the Egyptians were not responsible for
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the first documented emergency medical service. In 1790, the French first began
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transporting wounded soldiers away from battlefields and to xd xd xd xd xd xd xd



waiting medical care. xd xd



C) INCORRECT. The earliest documented emergency medical service was in F xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd



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 xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd x



when the French began transporting wounded soldiers from the scenes of
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battle to waiting physicians. xd xd xd




3) In 1966 the National Highway Safety Act charged which of the following
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agencies with the development of emergency medical service standards?
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A) U.S. Department of Transportation xd xd xd



B) U.S. Department of the Interior xd xd xd xd



C) U.S. Department of Health Services xd xd xd xd



D) U.S. Department of Homeland Security - xd xd xd xd xd



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 EMS
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standards and assisting the states to upgrade the quality of their prehospital eme
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rgency care. xd



B) INCORRECT. The U.S. Department of the Interior is charged with the m xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd



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 xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd



Services 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 me
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dical service standards.
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D) INCORRECT. Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is t xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd



asked with protecting the nation from threats, it was established in 2002 and did
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not exist in 1966. It was the U.S. Department of Transportation that was charge
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d with developing EMS standards.
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4) Which of the following agencies is responsible for establishing EMS syste
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m assessment programs?
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A) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) xd xd xd xd xd xd



B) National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) xd xd xd xd



C) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) xd xd xd xd xd



D) United States Health Services Agency (HSA) - xd xd xd xd xd xd



Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Department of Health and Human Servic
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es (HHS) is not responsible for EMS system assessment programs.
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B) INCORRECT. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) does not xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd x



establish EMS system assessment programs.
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, C) CORRECT. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) xd xd xd xd xd xd xd



Technical Assistance Program has established assessment programs with set stand
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ards for EMS systems.
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D) INCORRECT. The United States Department of Health and Human Services xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd



has no oversight of EMS systems.
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5) Centralized coordination of emergency medical access, transportation, and care
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most refers to which of the following?
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A) Emergency preparedness plan xd xd



B) Trauma system xd



C) Resource management xd



D) Central deployment - Explanation: A) INCORRECT. Emergency xd xd xd xd xd xd



preparedness plans are usually developed to guide the actions of a specific group
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of people at the outset of an emergency, with the goal of protecting people and/o
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r property. They generally will not address the specifics of medical care or transpo
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rt.
B) INCORRECT. A trauma system is an organized, coordinated effort between xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd



facilities and responders within a defined geographic area to deliver a full range
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of care to injured patients. It does not address the coordination of basic (non-
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trauma) emergency care or transportation.
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C) CORRECT. Resource management refers to the centralized coordination of xd xd xd xd xd xd xd xd



an emergency response so that all victims have equal access to basic emergency
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care and are transported by certified personnel, in a licensed and equipped
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ambulance, to an appropriate facility. xd xd xd xd



D) INCORRECT. The centralized coordination of emergency medical access, xd xd xd xd xd xd xd x



transportation, and care within an EMS system is not referred to as central
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deployment.

6) Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of the modern emergenc
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y medical services (EMS) system?
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A) To have trained personnel respond quickly and provide emergency care on
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the scene, during transport, and at the hospital
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