Ambulance Crashes: Protect Yourself and Your Patients

Becker LR

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Ambulance Crashes: Protect Yourself and Your Patients

2003/05/01
By Becker LR

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Personal Author:

Becker LR
Description:

This article describes a common-sense approach to staying safe while riding in an ambulance. The information is based on a recent study that's soon to be published in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention. My research team (from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, MD,) examined crash injury and fatality characteristics of the occupants of ambulances, fire apparatus and police vehicles for the period 1988 through 1997. [Description provided by NIOSH]
Subjects:

Accidents, Occupational Emergencies Emergency Responders Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management
Keywords:

Accident-analysis Accident-rates Accident-statistics Accidents Emergency-responders Emergency-response Medical-rescue-services Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Safety-measures Safety-practices
ISSN:

0197-2510
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Grant
Genre:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

24-26
Volume:

28
Issue:

5
NIOSHTIC Number:

nn:20029147
Citation:

JEMS 2003 May; 28(5):24-26
Email:

becker@pire.org
Federal Fiscal Year:

2003
Performing Organization:

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, Maryland
Peer Reviewed:

False
Start Date:

20000601
Source Full Name:

JEMS: A Journal of Emergency Medical Services
End Date:

20040531
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha-512:2974bde1d2bdf10833ff242b063bc5d5e592c00d5a7d02e341dcf2beec395dabc29d01e5d14250596fc0e033a4e5d170abc19bea7b0ff0e15981334ac3af81b1
Download URL:

https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190199/cdc_190199_DS1.pdf
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