AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE AND EMS: THE BIRD AND THE RHINOCEROS
Federal EMS legislation mandates that all emergency medical vehicles conform to minimum standards in design and available equipment. Each state has been charged with the tasks of categorizing vehicles currently in use, setting appropriate standards within federal guidelines, and enforcing modification of vehicles and ultimate compliance. It is imperative that the AAAM become actively involved in this vehicle standards determination process and not simply critique and comment on what may be experienced of inadequate efforts in the states. The study demonstrates that such rules, regulations and standards may not, in fact, truly speak to vehicle performance criteria -- indeed, that vehicles which conform to standard may be found lacking in actual functional situations. Finally, this resarch paper will conclude that the AAAM should further analyze and rate EMS vehicle performance by type of vehicle, manufacturer, appropriate utilization, equipment location, etc., towards assuring that "standards" are in reality written minimum performance criteria. /HSRI/
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Corporate Authors:
American Association for Automotive Medicine
801 Green Bay Road
Lake Bluff, IL United States 60044 -
Authors:
- Lally, P P
- Peterson Jr, F V
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Conference:
- 20th Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine
- Date: 1976-11-1 to 1976-11-3
- Publication Date: 1976
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: p. 291-298
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Serial:
- Volume: 20
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobiles; Emergency vehicles; Medical services; Standards; Vehicle performance
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00144169
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
- Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-024-1-115
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM