Department of Emergency Health Services, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Prehosp Disaster Med. 2011 Oct;26(5):346-52. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X11006601.
This is the first study using national data to evaluate transportation risks among emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics (to be referred to hereafter as "EMTs") in the United States.
This epidemiological study compares the transportation risks for EMTs to the transportation risks for all workers in the US.
The rates, relative risks, and proportions associated with the 1,050 injury cases with lost work days, and 30 fatalities resulting from transportation incidents occurring to EMTs in the US between 2006 and 2008 are described.
The risk of transportation-related injury for EMTs in the US is about five times higher than the national average. Females were the victims in 53% of the cases yet females only accounted for about 27% of employment in this occupation. Twenty percent of cases resulted in 31 or more lost work days. There were 30 transportation related fatalities.
The US national EMS system is built on the premise of having an unlimited supply of 20 year olds interested in, and dedicated to, the provision of EMS care. Not only do we not have an unlimited supply of 20 year olds, we may be rapidly losing our current workforce through clearly preventable risks such as transportation incidents.Emergency medical services workers face a rate of occupational injury that is much higher than the national average and transportation-related events are a significant component of that risk. Resources must be devoted to further research, and to the development and evaluation of interventions designed to mitigate these transportation-related hazards.
这是第一项使用全国数据评估美国紧急医疗技术员（EMT）和护理人员（以下简称“EMT”）交通风险的研究。
这项流行病学研究比较了 EMT 的交通风险与美国所有工人的交通风险。
描述了 2006 年至 2008 年期间美国 EMT 发生的 1050 例有工作日损失的伤害案例和 30 例因交通事件导致的死亡案例的发生率、相对风险和比例。
美国 EMT 发生与交通相关的伤害风险约为全国平均水平的五倍。女性在 53%的案例中是受害者，但女性在该职业中的就业比例仅约为 27%。20%的案例导致 31 天或更长时间的工作日损失。有 30 例与交通有关的死亡事件。
美国国家 EMS 系统建立在有无尽的 20 岁年轻人对提供 EMS 护理感兴趣并致力于提供 EMS 护理的前提下。我们不仅没有无尽的 20 岁年轻人供应，而且我们可能正在通过明显可预防的风险（如交通事件）迅速失去当前的劳动力。紧急医疗服务人员面临的职业伤害率远高于全国平均水平，交通相关事件是该风险的重要组成部分。必须投入资源进行进一步研究，并开发和评估旨在减轻这些交通相关危害的干预措施。
