EMS providers: how to stay safe on the job.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Why does your safety matter? As an emergency medical services (EMS) provider, you are critical to public health and safety. You are also at high risk for injuries and exposures at work. More than 22,000 EMS providers visited emergency departments each year for all types of work-related injuries from 2010-2014. Protect yourself: 1. Practice safe lifting. 2. Use personal protective equipment (PPE). 3. Wear slip-resistant footwear.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Biopharmaceutics Estrogens Laboratories Occupational Health Pharmacies Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Accidents Bloodborne Diseases Bloodborne Pathogens Body Fluids Emergency-responders Emergency Medical Services Workers Emergency Treatment Employee Exposure EMS Fall Protection Falls Footwear Goggles Injuries Injury-prevention Lifting Lifting Capacity Manual Lifting Personal Protective Equipment PPE Public Health Risk Factors Safety Education Safety Practices Surveillance Walking Surfaces Work Practices

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051262
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2017 Dec; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d4aca13131dbc53a788af9cee96b6fd4e97d52cbe4ae2d73af609319df81a1611075c534f9af6591d63c1b51ae94c6bfbfb82ba2670ba96e710eef589d26074a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181725/cdc_181725_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 359.60 KB ]