COVID-19 and Prehospital Post-Crash Care [Traffic Safety Facts]

Details

• Creators:
  Dieken, Rebecca
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • COVID-19
  • Communicable diseases
  • Crash injuries
  • Emergency medical services
  • First responders
  • Traffic crash victims
  • Prehospital
  • Post-Crash Care
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 813 485
• Series:
  NHTSA BSR Traffic Safety Facts
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Traffic Safety Facts
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  Post-crash care relies on a safe and healthy emergency medical services (EMS) workforce and is a crucial component of the Safe System Approach and traffic safety. This literature review revealed that EMS professionals were significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with impacts to the emergency response environment and the mental health of first responders. This research note briefly describes how the EMS environment and the health of first responders are affected by COVID-19-pandemic-related changes that in turn may affect prehospital post-crash care and motor vehicle crash outcomes. EMS personnel, researchers, traffic safety specialists, and others involved with highway safety programs will find this research note useful regarding motor vehicle crash survivability and pre-hospital post-crash care.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68311/dot_68311_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 271.02 KB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a49bc8d8ff9795704a87cd3bd0cbb284638704b6185cbb3fb2be4ded24137af3