%0 Journal Article
%T The role of emergency medical services in primary injury prevention: consensus workshop, Arlington, Virginia, August 25-26, 1995
%J Annals of emergency medicine
%D 1997
%A Garrison, Herbert G.
%A Foltin, George L.
%A Becker, Les R.
%A Chew, J. L.
%A Johnson, Mathew
%A Madsen, G. M.
%A Miller, D. R.
%A Ozmar, B. H.
%V 30
%N 1
%P 84-91
%X 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.
%G 
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0196-0644
%U http://dx.doi.org/