UCLA GETS MILLION DOLLAR HIGHWAY SAFETY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT

A MILLION DOLLAR HIGHWAY SAFETY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A FLEXIBLE AND COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM WHICH WILL IMPROVE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE SYSTEMS FOR HIGHWAY CRASH VICTIMS. THE FOLLOWING EIGHT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS WILL BE CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE PROJECT: (1) QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF IMPROVED TRAINING FOR AMBULANCE ATTENDANTS, (2) UTILIZATION AND EVALUATION OF EX-MILITARY CORPSMEN WHO HAVE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZED TRAINING AS AMBULANCE ATTENDANTS, (3) IMPLEMENTATION OF RADIO TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TRAVELING AMBULANCES AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL FACILITIES AT HOSPITALS, (4) DETERMINATION OF EFFECTS ON MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY THROUGH ASSIGNMENT OF PHYSICIANS TO AMBULANCES DURING PEAK TRAFFIC PERIODS, (5) TELEMETERING OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA FROM AMBULANCE TO RECEIVING HOSPITAL, (6) INCREASING THE NUMBER OF AMBULANCES AND DEPLOYING THEM ACCORDING TO PREDETERMINED METHODS, (7) DEVELOPING A CITIZEN'S ALERT SYSTEM TO REDUCE ACCIDENT DETECTION TIME, AND (8) UTILIZATION OF HELICOPTERS TO DETERMINE EFFECTS ON REDUCING RESPONSE TIME AND IMPROVING EVACUATION CAPABILITIES. THIS THREE YEAR PROJECT WILL DEVELOP METHODOLOGY TO HELP RELATE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMPLEX TO THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE SYSTEM. ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY PREFERRED COST- EFFECTIVENESS SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

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  Federal Highway Administration

  Department of Transportation News, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1968-5-23

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Communication systems; Demonstration projects; Disasters and emergency operations; Emergency vehicles; Evaluation; Hazards and emergency operations; Helicopters; Highway safety; Hospitals; Medical services; Peak hour traffic; Physicians; Physiological aspects; Radio; Radio telephone; Telemetry; Traffic crashes; Training
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219983
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Fhwa-172
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 24 1994 12:00AM