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Wyoming Transportation Event Occupational Fatalities and Emergency Medical Service Accessibility



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  • Personal Author:
    Cooper CM
  • Description:
    Purpose. This study explored police and EMS response times and hospital distances in occupational motor vehicle crash fatalities-the leading cause of occupational fatalities in Wyoming. Objectives. Identify police and EMS travel distances and response times correlated with victim survival for transport to a medical facility versus death on site. Methods. A database was created from WYDOT 2003-2007 crash reports previously identified in occupational fatality surveillance (Anderson, et al. 2010). Estimated time of incident, police and EMS notification, and scene arrival times were used to analyze response times in relation to event outcome. ArcGIS was used to analyze distances from crash sites to hospitals. Statistical tests included descriptive, Chi-Square's and ANOVAs. Results. Significant difference was found between EMS notification time and on-scene arrival in relation to event outcome. Significance was found for travel distances between 21-40 miles of crash site to nearest hospital. Significance did not exist between police response times and population demographics including vehicle type, ejection/entrapment, and state of victim residence. implications. The results of this study have the potential to impact policy and emergency healthcare services in Wyoming. A map was created portraying the 21-40 mile radius surrounding Wyoming hospitals indicating distances in which event outcome may be influenced. Regional Trauma Centers were only third in the trauma level designation of hospitals nearest crash sites indicating the majority of accident victims were not nearest to the highest level of trauma care providers in the state. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISBN:
    9781124858494
  • Publisher:
    ProQuest LLC.
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Thesis
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20056631
  • Citation:
    Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest LLC., 2011 Apr; :1498462
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2011
  • Performing Organization:
    University of Colorado, Denver
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20070701
  • Source Full Name:
    Wyoming transportation event occupational fatalities and emergency medical service accessibility
  • End Date:
    20250630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:6f451fb17ab470495558a37d0385e7eb744e4983d8e5fed42c8f8b44068bba57d75290f10024d45d51cfa477b8c39bb7809aa2f1e9dfd19b39fb7ae398958292
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    Filetype[PDF - 4.25 MB ]
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