TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - The role of emergency medical services in primary injury prevention. East Carolina Injury Prevention Program
JO  - Prehospital emergency care
A1  - Ozmar, B. H.
A1  - Miller, D. R.
A1  - Madsen, G. M.
A1  - Johnson, Mark
A1  - Chew, J. L.
A1  - Becker, Les R.
A1  - Foltin, George L.
A1  - Garrison, Herbert G.
SP  - 156
EP  - 162
VL  - 1
IS  - 3
N2  - Injury is a leading cause of death and disability. Preventing injuries from ever occurring is primary injury prevention (PIP). The objective of this statement is to present the consensus of a 16-member panel of leaders from the out-of-hospital emergency medical services (EMS) community on essential and desirable EMS PIP activities. Essential PIP activities for leaders and decision makers of every EMS system include: protecting individual EMS providers from injury; providing education to EMS providers in PIP fundamentals; supporting and promoting the collection and utilization of injury data; obtaining support for PIP activities; networking with other injury prevention organizations; empowering individual EMS providers to conduct PIP activities; interacting with the media to promote injury prevention; and participating in community injury prevention interventions. Essential PIP knowledge areas for EMS providers include: PIP principles; personal injury prevention and role modeling; safe emergency vehicle operation; injury risk identification; documentation of injury data; and one-on-one safety education.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1090-3127
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -