Feasibility for an EMS Workforce Safety and Health Surveillance System [Traffic Tech]

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• Alternative Title:
  Traffic Safety Facts: Feasibility for an EMS Workforce Safety and Health Surveillance System
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Corporate Contributors:
  Bedford Research ; Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Emergency medical services
  • Injuries
  • Occupational diseases
  • Occupational safety
  • Data collection
  • Literature reviews
• Series:
  NHTSA BSR Traffic Tech
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1525597
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Contracting Officer:
  Cheung, Melissa
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel treat an estimated 22 million patients a year (Maguire and Walz, 2004). While on duty, EMS workers frequently encounter two work-related risks: injury and illness. Current research on EMS workforce injury is unsettling and limited compared to research on EMS workforce illness. In 2000, the occupational injury rate was the highest for EMS workers compared to other industries (Maguire et al., 2005). Another study found that the occupational fatality rate for EMS workers was more than twice the national average (Maguire et al., 2002). Yet, even though the extent of EMS workforce occupational illness is better understood, it is still largely limited to infectious disease report analyses mandated by law and the respiratory illness plaguing World Trade Center rescuers.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1809/dot_1809_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 553.85 KB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8f3c59b0319d4a2097556c88035ddc0973867dee3c308532225e85b6b3b0f849