@article{ref1,
title="Joint statement on lights & siren vehicle operations on emergency medical services (EMS) responses",
journal="International journal of paramedicine",
year="2023",
author="Kupas, Douglas and Zavadsky, Matt and Burton, Brooke and Baird, Shawn and Clawson, Jeff and Decker, Chip and Dworsky, Peter and Evans, Bruce and Finger, David and Goodloe, Jeffrey and LaCroix, Brian and Ludwig, Gary and McEvoy, Michael and Tan, David and Thornton, Kyle and Smith, Kevin and Wilson, Bryan",
volume="1",
number="1",
pages="38-42",
abstract="The National Association of EMS Physicians and the then Na-tional Association of State EMS Directors created a position statement on emergency medical vehicle use of lights and siren in 1994 (1). This document updates and replaces this previous statement and is now a joint position statement with the Acad-emy of International Mobile Healthcare Integration, American Ambulance Association, American College of Emergency Phy-sicians, Center for Patient Safety, International Academies of Emergency Dispatch, International Association of EMS Chiefs, International Association of Fire Chiefs, National Association of EMS Physicians, National Association of Emergency Med-ical Technicians, National Association of State EMS Officials, National EMS Management Association, National EMS Quality Alliance, National Volunteer Fire Council, and Paramedic Chiefs of Canada.   In 2009, there were 1,579 ambulance crash injuries (2) and most EMS vehicle crashes occur when driving with lights and siren...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2831-6967",
doi="10.56068/IXNL6559",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.56068/IXNL6559"
}