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According to the American Heart Association, only about 10% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) victims survive. CPR LifeLinks offers a suite of resources to assist organizations in implementing high-performance CPR and telecommunicator CPR programs so more people can return home after suffering OHCA. The Institute of Medicine’s 2015 report Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: A […]
This study determine s the current state of pedestrian protection in the U.S. vehicle fleet using established Euro NCAP pedestri an test procedures including lower legform and upper legform impacts to the front end of the vehicle and headform impacts to the hood and windshield. Nine vehicles — passenger cars, a minivan, SUVs, and pickup […]
The goal of the traffic safety community remains unchanged each year: eliminate all fatalities on our roadways. Regardless of individual areas of focus, each organization and agency that operates within the highway safety sphere seeks to decrease the number of lives lost each year to preventable crashes. The ultimate goal of reaching zero lives lost […]
The Problem: As drunk driving has declined, drugged driving is increasing. In 2005, 28% of fatally-injured drivers with known test results were positive for the presence of drugs; by 2009 that number rose to 33%. In 2015, 43% of fatally-injured drivers with known test results were found to be positive for drugs. The 2013-2014 National […]
The summer sun is in full effect, and temperatures are continuing to soar across the country. While the sun is perfect for a day at the beach, hot days can also have a sinister side – especially when it involves a child who has been left unattended or gotten trapped inside a vehicle. Tragically in […]
In its Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act, Congress directed NHTSA to establish a cooperative program — the National Cooperative Research and Evaluation Program (NCREP) — to conduct research and evaluations of State highway safety countermeasures. NCREP was continued in the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. This program is administered […]
Statement by Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) Executive Director Jonathan Adkins WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimated that 36,750 people were killed on U.S. roadways in 2018, a one percent decrease from 2017. While any drop in the overall numbers is encouraging, the ongoing daily carnage on our nation’s roads […]
New public health fellow joins the Office of EMS team, bringing data expertise as well as social work and public health experience For as long as she could recall, Leslie Carson’s path was close to crystal clear. A medical career awaited her, with a specialization in pediatric neurology. But after graduating with a degree in […]
The 2019 National EMS Scope of Practice Model, developed to identify the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve competence for the four levels of EMS clinicians, is now available on EMS.gov. The result of an expert-led, consensus-driven process managed by the National Association of State EMS Officials and supported by NHTSA’s Office of EMS and the […]
It took two years and contributions from hundreds of EMS professionals and members of the public to craft the bold plan for EMS laid out in EMS Agenda 2050. But the hard work starts now as the EMS community shifts from describing the EMS system of the future to creating it. Officially entitled “EMS Agenda 2050: […]
