PUBLIC INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND RELATIONS FOR EMS PROVIDERS. YOUR SECOND MOST IMPORTANT SERVICE

As an EMS provider, the establishment of a relationship beneficial to the community and the creation and promotion of a favorable public image are second in importance only to the quality to medical service you provide. The purpose of this manual is to assist EMS providers which don't have an effective public relations program in developing one. It answers such questions as: How do you start an effective public relations program? What can you expect? and How do you proceed? It assists in assessing needs, setting goals, and achieving the ends desired. It provides hard facts on writing news releases, taking photographs, and working with radio and TV stations.

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• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1986-6

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 100 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disasters and emergency operations; Hazards and emergency operations; Manuals; Public relations
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491273
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-806 984
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 1990 12:00AM