Improving EMS Worker Safety Through Ambulance Design and Testing

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This 7-part video series, jointly funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, covers new crash test methods to improve worker and patient safety in an ambulance patient compartment. The series also provides viewers with an overview of the many changes impacting ambulance design, testing, and manufacture. These changes impact the: 1. layout of the ambulance patient compartment; 2. contents housed in the ambulance patient compartment (seating, patient cot, equipment mounts, storage devices); 3. the outside or body of the ambulance. Ambulance builders, major ambulance component suppliers, and those responsible for designing and purchasing ambulances will benefit from viewing this video series, which aims to keep EMS workers and their patients safe during ambulance transport. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Behavior Emergencies Emergency Responders Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mortality Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Transportation Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Acceleration Accident Analysis Anthropometry Automobile Safety Body Protection Design Criteria Design Standards Emergency Care Emergency Egress Emergency Equipment Emergency Medical Services Workers Emergency Medical Technician Emergency Responders Emergency Response Emerging Technology EMS EMT Equipment Design Equipment Reliability Equipment Testing Floors Guidelines Harnesses Human Factors Engineering Humans Industrial Design Industrial Engineering Injuries Injury Prevention Load Monitoring Materials Storage Materials Testing Materials Transport Medical Equipment Mortality Data Mortality Rates Mortality Studies Motor Vehicles Partnership Patient Handling Protective Equipment Rollover Protective Structures Roofing Safety Belts Safety Engineering Safety Equipment Safety Practices Safety Research Seat Designs Standards Statistical Analysis Structural Design Structural Engineering Task Performance Video Weight Factors Work Areas Worker Safety Work Performance

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2017143
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Moving Image
• Genre:
  Videorecording
• 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050295
• 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, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-143, 2017 May; :69 minutes
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• 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:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210093/cdc_210093_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 88.03 KB ]