The first use of a prehospital system of triage and transport took place:
A) in large cities in the 19th-century United States.
B) during the U.S. Civil War.
C) during the Napoleonic Wars.
D) in ancient Mesopotamia.

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The first use of a prehospital system of triage and transport is attributed to Dominique Jean Larrey during the Napoleonic Wars. Larrey, a surgeon in Napoleon's army, developed a system of battlefield triage and had horse-drawn ambulances to quickly evacuate the wounded to field hospitals.

The First Use of a Prehospital System of Triage and Transport