TY - JOUR PY - 2023// TI - Joint statement on lights & siren vehicle operations on emergency medical services (EMS) responses JO - International journal of paramedicine A1 - Kupas, Douglas A1 - Zavadsky, Matt A1 - Burton, Brooke A1 - Baird, Shawn A1 - Clawson, Jeff A1 - Decker, Chip A1 - Dworsky, Peter A1 - Evans, Bruce A1 - Finger, David A1 - Goodloe, Jeffrey A1 - LaCroix, Brian A1 - Ludwig, Gary A1 - McEvoy, Michael A1 - Tan, David A1 - Thornton, Kyle A1 - Smith, Kevin A1 - Wilson, Bryan SP - 38 EP - 42 VL - 1 IS - 1 N2 - 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...
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LA - en SN - 2831-6967 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.56068/IXNL6559 ID - ref1 ER -