@article{ref1,
title="The role of emergency medical services in primary injury prevention: consensus workshop, Arlington, Virginia, August 25-26, 1995",
journal="Annals of emergency medicine",
year="1997",
author="Garrison, Herbert G. and Foltin, George L. and Becker, Les R. and Chew, J. L. and Johnson, Mathew and Madsen, G. M. and Miller, D. R. and Ozmar, B. H.",
volume="30",
number="1",
pages="84-91",
abstract="Injury is a leading cause of death and disability. Preventing injuries from ever occurring is primary injury prevention (PIP). The objective of this statement is to present the consensus of a 16-member panel of leaders from the out-of-hospital emergency medical services (EMS) community on essential and desirable EMS PIP activities. Essential PIP activities for leaders and decision makers of every EMS system include: protecting individual EMS providers from injury; providing education to EMS providers in PIP fundamentals; supporting and promoting the collection and utilization of injury data; obtaining support for PIP activities; networking with other injury prevention organizations; empowering individual EMS providers to conduct PIP activities; interacting with the media to promote injury prevention; and participating in community injury prevention interventions. Essential PIP knowledge areas for EMS providers include: PIP principles; personal injury prevention and role modeling; safe emergency vehicle operation; injury risk identification; documentation of injury data; and one-on-one safety education.",
language="",
issn="0196-0644",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}