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COVID-19 and Prehospital Post-Crash Care [Traffic Safety Facts]
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2023-07-01
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Series: NHTSA BSR Traffic Safety Facts
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Edition:Traffic Safety Facts
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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.
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