THE JACKSONVILLE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM: A MODEL FOR THE SEVENTIES

The Jacksonville, Florida, emergency medical system, one of the most sophisticated systems in the nation, has contributed significantly to the reduction of the death rate of automobile accident victims. The reduction in the death rate of trauma victims has been 38 percent. Training of the emergency medical technicians is described, and data on death rates and survival rates of heartattack victims are presented. The Jacksonville emergency medical system has been a model that many cities and states are seeking to duplicate.

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr153/153-028.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 7th Summer Mtg. of TRB in cooperation with Florida DOT, Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 5-7, 1974. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board (TRB)

  Washington, DC   
• Authors:
  • Waters, John M
• Conference:
  • 7th Summer Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Jacksonville Florida, United States
  • Date: 1974-8-5 to 1974-8-7
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: pp 245-249
• Monograph Title: Better use of existing transportation facilities
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 153
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemical reduction; Crashes; Disasters and emergency operations; Fatalities; Hazards and emergency operations; Injuries; Medical services; Training
• Uncontrolled Terms: Death rate
• Geographic Terms: Jacksonville (Florida)
• Old TRIS Terms: Reduction
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099518
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM