NJ EMS Line of Duty Deaths

IntroductionAs early as 2002, researchers were calling the occupational fatalities in Emergency Medical Service (EMS), a hidden crisis. Little consideration has been given to the needs for a safer working environment.MethodsThis is a secondary data analysis of Line of Duty Death (LODD) data of NJ EM...

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Published in:	Journal of occupational and environmental medicine Vol. 64; no. 7; pp. 573 - 577
Main Author:	Houser, Ryan S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies 01-07-2022
Subjects:	Data analysis Emergency medical services Medical research Outliers (statistics) Police Public safety Working conditions
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Summary:	IntroductionAs early as 2002, researchers were calling the occupational fatalities in Emergency Medical Service (EMS), a hidden crisis. Little consideration has been given to the needs for a safer working environment.MethodsThis is a secondary data analysis of Line of Duty Death (LODD) data of NJ EMS workers from 1912 to 2020.ResultsThere were 81 reported LODDs. LODDs were greater for the 2000s period than the 1900s period and the results were the same when outliers were excluded.ConclusionsEfforts are needed to study the plethora of threats to EMS providers in order to target mitigation measures to implement a safety environment within a hot zone of potential threats. These threats are not novel, but it is time for novel solutions to mirror the efforts afforded to fire and police personnel, ensuring a fully safe and resilient public safety sector.
ISSN:	1076-2752 1536-5948
DOI:	10.1097/JOM.0000000000002524