Injuries to emergency medicine residents on EMS rotations

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-126

  Cone, David C ^a   McNamara, Robert M ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medical services; graduate medical education; injuries; internship and residency; occupational accidents; safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032041883     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903129808958855     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Cone DC, Davidson SJ. A survey of emergency medical services curricula in U.S. emergency medicine residencies. Acad Emerg Med. 1995;2:1109-12.
2. Elling R. Dispelling myths on ambulance accidents. J Emerg Med Serv. 1989;11(7):60-4
3. Dangerous driving: ambulances and intersections. Emerg Med Serv. 1997;26(7):24.
4. Schwartz RJ. Occupational injuries in the emergency medical technician. Emerg Care Q 1990;5:29-39.
5. Walsh DW. An analysis of the application of body armor for paramedics. Chicago: National-Louis University, 1994. Summary reported in: Walsh DW. Vested interest: why you need body armor. J Emerg Med Serv. 1994;19(9):62-5.
6. Graduate Medical Education Directory 1995-1996. Chicago: American Medical Association, 1995.
7. Sielicki J. Helicopter crash victims mourned. United Press International, 13 December 1985.
8. Schiavone FM, Salber PR. Hitting close to home: domestic violence and the EMS responder. J Emerg Med Serv. 1994;19(2): 112-23
9. Task Force on the Core Content for Emergency Medicine Revision. Core content for emergency medicine. Ann Emerg Med. 1997;29:792-811.
10. Lowry JW, Lauro AJ. A general EMS curriculum for residency training. Ann Emerg Med. 1980;9:250-2.
11. Kallsen G, Marritt-Lindgren M. An emergency medical services curriculum for emergency medicine residents. Ann Emerg Med. 1984; 13: 912-5
12. Swor RA, Chisholm C, Krohmer J. Model curriculum in emergency medical services for emergency medicine residencies. Ann Emerg Med. 1989;18:418-21.
13. Reed E, Daya MR, Jui J, Grellman K, Gerber L, Lofeless MD. Occupational infectious disease exposures in EMS personnel. J Emerg Med. 1993;11:9-36.
14. O'Connor RE, Krall SP, Megargel RE, Tan LE, Bouzoukis JK. Reducing the rate of paramedic needlesticks in emergency medical services: the role of self-capping intravenous catheters. Acad Emerg Med. 1996;3:668-74.
15. Hochreiter MC, Barton LL. Epidemiology of needlestick injury in emergency medical service personnel. J Emerg Med. 1988;6: 9-12.