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| Safer Ambulance Designs - Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Safer Ambulance Designs
(Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology)
The Emergency Management and Response—Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) received information that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking input from paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and other interested emergency medical services (EMS) personnel regarding the development of new design guidelines for ambulances to reduce the crash risk to emergency responders working inside the vehicles.
According to the NIST press release, EMS workers riding in the back of ambulances are at high risk of suffering injuries during a crash or a maneuver to avoid a crash if they are not using restraints. However, many of these workers complain that restraints make it difficult to access and treat patients while in route to a hospital. Therefore, to meet the challenge of finding an acceptable solution, NIST, the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health are developing design guidelines for ambulance patient compartments that maximize safety without compromising effectiveness.
To gather recommendations for the guidelines from a broad cross-section of the key stakeholders in the EMS community, NIST is leading the effort to conduct an anonymous web survey from November 28 to December 28, 2011. For more information, or to get actively involved in the effort to improve safety in ambulance patient compartments, contact Jennifer Marshall at jennifer.marshall@nist.gov or call (301) 975-3396. |
| Dues Reminder - Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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Key Facts about Influenza:
- Flu seasons are unpredictable and can be severe. Over a period of 30 years in the US, estimates of flu-associated deaths ranged from about 3,000 to 49,000 people with an annual average of 23,600 people, in addition to 220,000 influenza-associated hospitalizations3.
- Activity typically peaks in late January through February, but can sometimes peak earlier or later, depending on the strain of flu and severity of the season.
- Getting the flu results in lost work hours due to taking care of yourself or caring for family members.
- Flu vaccines have an excellent safety record. Hundreds of millions of Americans have safely gotten flu vaccines and most people generally do not experience any side effects after getting a flu vaccine.
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Congratulations!
2011 EMT of the Year
Michael Kotulak
Paramedic
Community EMS
Scholarship Recipient
Trevor Gray
Trevor is attending Paramedic classes at Southwestern Michigan
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