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Feasibility for an EMS Workforce Safety and Health Surveillance System [Traffic Tech]
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2007-05-01
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Series: NHTSA BSR Traffic Tech
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Alternative Title:Traffic Safety Facts: Feasibility for an EMS Workforce Safety and Health Surveillance System
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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.
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