Consensus Reached in the Role of EMS in Injury Prevention

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Traffic Tech: Consensus Reached in the Role of EMS in Injury Prevention
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Emergency medical services
  • Emergency medical technicians
  • Injuries
  • Medical treatment
  • Information dissemination
  • EMS
  • injury prevention
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00744470
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety
• Abstract:
  The intent of this statement is to represent the consensus of the EMS community on essential and desirable activities for EMS in primary injury prevention. After reviewing the literature, the project steering committee drafted the statement. Then the draft was reviewed by more than 100 members of the EMS community including EMS administrators, individual EMS professionals, physicians, nurses, and educators. The consensus panel was composed of individuals designated by 16 national organizations that represent the EMS community or the injury prevention community. Deliberations were open to the public and ; observers were given the opportunity to comment on the statement.(1 p.)
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13744/dot_13744_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 23.99 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f0bdd1e6541216497c6d31714d0807be34b39993fa79fd890de4319486d394be