Improving Ambulance Safety
Concern over the rising number of ambulance crash-related injuries prompted NIOSH to undertake ambulance safety research and vehicle occupant restraint testing.
As for the number of serious injuries that did not result in a fatality, there is currently no database at the federal level with that information, says Moore, which means there is still work to be done from a surveillance standpoint on that issue. In the meantime, he says, interest is growing in how to improve ambulance safety. Dialogue is ongoing between NIOSH and the Ambulance Manufacturers' Division of the National Truck Equipment Association, as well as with the General Services Administration (GSA), which is responsible for federal ambulance specifications.
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