United States Department of Transportation
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Characterizing Ambulance Driver Training in EMS Systems
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2019-12-01
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Edition:Final Report, 9/15/2014-1/14/2019
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Abstract:Reducing ambulance crashes due to human error is a priority for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. One possible way to address the issue is by limiting driver errors through ambulance operator education and training. Little, however, is currently known about existing practices. The primary objective of this project was to characterize ambulance operator education and training across the United States through discussions with personnel in State EMS offices and through an Internet-based survey of local EMS agencies to determine their operator training and supervision practices. The study also examined selected existing ambulance Emergency Vehicle Operator Course (EVOC) training programs to determine their content and consistency with the state-of-the-art. The results of this study suggest that most ambulance operators receive some form of training, but the survey responses and the review of existing EVOC training programs by subject matter experts suggest that the duration, content, and overall quality of the training may not be sufficient to have the desired impact on ambulance operator safety performance. A lack of State-level oversight and documentation limit the ability to make any definitive statements as to how many ambulance operators in each State are completing EVOC and which programs they are completing.
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