Medics’ fatigue, sleep investigated by Good Morning America
Paramedic and researcher discusses the dangers and causes of sleep deprivation among EMS providers
View ArticleNIOSH ambulance crash test video
NIOSH crash tests on ambulances with traditional safety features, portraying impact damage to vehicles and severe danger to passengers (patient and emergency personnel). The crash test footage is...
View ArticleMedics’ fatigue, sleep investigated by Good Morning America
NEW YORK — Ambulance collisions resulting from sleep-deprived EMS providers falling asleep at the wheel is the subject of a Good Morning America investigation. The national television morning show...
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Infographic: When ambulances crash
WASHINGTON — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration used 10 years of data to understand patient and provider safety in EMS-involved collisions. This infographic illustrates their findings.
View ArticleNew ambulance design standard to make ambulances safer
GAITHERSBURG, Md. —The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), together with two federal partners, has updated the standard for ambulance design with the intent to make riding in an...
View ArticleEmerging EMS technologies subject of EMS focus webinar
WASHINGTON — NHTSA’s Office of EMS will host a webinar called Emerging Technologies – Strengthening the Continuum of Care as part of its EMS Focus webinar series. Register here for the Oct. 8 webinar,...
View ArticleNHTSA director of Office of EMS Drew Dawson retires
WASHINGTON — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Director of the Office of EMS Drew Dawson retired Oct. 30. A former EMT and state EMS director, Dawson served as director of Office of...
View ArticleDistracted, drunk driving contribute to spike in 2015 traffic deaths
By Tom Krisher Associated Press DETROIT — After declining for most of the past decade, traffic deaths spiked 8 percent in the first half of this year, prompting a call from the nation's highway safety...
View ArticleTraining: Role of EMS in ending human trafficking
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children are impacted by human trafficking in the U.S. every year. EMS providers can play a critical role in identifying key indicators and...
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Infographic: 50 years of EMS in the United States
WASHINGTON — A new infographic, marking the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking white paper on accidental death and disability, highlights the key moments in the history of EMS. Some of the...
View ArticleNHTSA investigating first self-driving Tesla crash fatality
By Joan Lowy and Tom Krisher Associated Press WASHINGTON — A driver with a history of speeding who was so enamored of his Tesla Model S sedan that he nicknamed the car "Tessy" and praised the safety...
View ArticleSelf-driving Tesla takes owner to hospital after pulmonary embolism
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Josh Neally, the owner of a new Tesla X, said he used his vehicle’s autopilot function to get to a hospital after having a pulmonary embolism on the road. The Springfield-based...
View ArticleNew director named for NHTSA's Office of Emergency Medical Services
WASHINGTON — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced the appointment of emergency physician Dr. Jon Krohmer as the Director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS)....
View ArticleNIOSH ambulance crash test video
NIOSH crash tests on ambulances with traditional safety features, portraying impact damage to vehicles and severe danger to passengers (patient and emergency personnel). The crash test footage is...
View ArticleReport: EMS data must create 'information culture,' drive decision-making
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration WASHINGTON — A new report highlights the importance of taking the EMS profession from one that simply collects data to one that turns those data into...
View ArticleInformation sharing will drive EMS growth, improvement
For the typical EMS provider, data may be one of the least sexy topics to discuss around the station dinner table or while sitting at a post. The mention of the word makes most of us imagine...
View ArticleOfficials accepting panelist applications for EMS Agenda 2050
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Office of EMS WASHINGTON — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Office of EMS is accepting panelist applications until Jan. 30 to help...
View ArticleMedStar awarded ‘exemplary’ traffic safety award
MedStar FORT WORTH, Texas — The National Safety Council is recognizing MedStar for its proven commitment to traffic safety. MedStar is one of four organizations receiving the prestigious Our Driving...
View ArticlePanel selected to facilitate EMS Agenda 2050 development
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration WASHINGTON — EMS Agenda 2050, a two-year project with a mission to write a new Agenda for the Future, has selected 10 members to serve as the Technical...
View ArticleNHTSA report addresses risks, benefits of EMS lights and sirens
EMS.gov WASHINGTON — In a newly released whitepaper, EMS physician, paramedic and Pennsylvania EMS Medical Director Douglas Kupas, MD, takes an evidence-based approach to examining the controversial...
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