NHTSA to host webinar on patient, EMS provider safety
By EMS1 Staff WASHINGTON — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will host a webinar discussing lights and siren use and fatigue in EMS providers. Two recent projects reviewed evidence in...
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View ArticleInvestigation: Less ambulance siren use won't impact patient outcomes
Recommendations to reduce lights and ambulance siren use to less than 50 percent of responses and 5 percent of transports presented during EMS Focus webinar
View Article5 causes of high injury rate in EMS providers
NIOSH and NHTSA collaborated to use emergency department visit data to identify the five primary types of injury events experienced by EMS providers
View ArticleNational EMS Scope of Practice Model updates released
Changes include the addition of narcotic antagonists, tourniquet applications and wound packing use
View ArticleQuick Take: Introducing the 2018 National EMS Scope of Practice model
The scope of practice expert panel examined evidence to determine if a procedure or skill is beneficial to patients and can be done safely by EMS providers
View ArticleNewly-released EMS Agenda 2050 focuses on ‘people-centered vision’
EMS Agenda 2050 calls for an evidence-based, data driven industry that is integrated with the rest of the nation’s healthcare system
View ArticleNew National EMS Scope of Practice Model released
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released the latest version of the EMS Scope of Practice Model
View ArticleNHTSA Office of EMS and ACEP partner to teach Stop the Bleed and CPR
In recognition of National EMS Week and National Stop the Bleed Day, staff from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the American College of Emergency Physicians provide critical...
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