FIRST AID TO VICTIMS OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

This editorial is concerned with the goal of training laymen to provide first aid to victims of traffic accidents. This goal has been reached only to a very limited extent according to a report published by the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (CEMT). The German Standard Organization (DIN) made a proposal, which is being undertaken by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to work out a standard for an "European first-aid-kit." The International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine (IAATM) is taking the CEMT report as a request to activate the IAATM regional and national organs in taking suitable steps for promoting first aid training and to make it mandatory to carry a first aid kit in all vehicles. The remainder of this editorial consists of a reprint of an earlier editorial entitled "First Aid at the Scene of an Accident" (Journal of Traffic Medicine, Vol. 7 No. 2, 1979).

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• Corporate Authors:

  International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine

  Huddinge University Hospital Center, Traffic Medicine Center
  Stockholm,   Sweden  141 86
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 33-35
• Serial:
  • Journal of traffic medicine
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine
  • ISSN: 0345-5564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash victims; First aid; First aid equipment; Laws; Standards; Training
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450211
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 552
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM