| Category | Title | Description |
| Violence Prevention | EMERG-ing data: Multi-city surveillance of workplace violence against EMS responders | Data from the EMERG reporting system supports the need for further attention and resources to quantify the degree of workplace violence experienced by the U.S. fire and rescue service. |
| Violence Prevention | Violence Against Paramedics: Protocol for Evaluating 2 Years of Reports Through a Novel, Point-of-Event Reporting Process | Outlines the approach we are using in a mixed methods program of research into the prevalance of violence against paramedics, its contributing circumstnaces, characteristics, and risk factors. |
| Violence Prevention | The role of organizational culture in normalizing paramedics exposure to violence. | Study on paramedics’ experience with violence, with particular emphasis on understanding how organizational culture contributes to under-reporting. |
| Patient Safety | EMS Patient and Practitioner Safety Bill of Rights | Serves as a reminder of the rights of EMS patients and practitioners to have a safe environment when care is provided. |
| Injury Prevention | Patient Safety in EMS | NAEMT report to help the EMS community understand the important role of Patient Safety Organizations in supporting a just culture environment and improved safety policies. |
| Injury Prevention | 2017 Guide for Developing an EMS Agency Safety Program | Provides a roadmap for EMS agencies to develop and implement a workplace safety program, customized to their agency type, size and needs. |
| Injury Prevention | How a Small EMS Agency Built an Industry-Leading Safety Program | Read how Butler County EMS of Kansas team decided to make safety a top priority. |
| Patient Safety | How safe is prehospital care? A systematic review | Identifies how the prevalence and level of harm associated with patient safety incidents (PSIs) in prehospital care are assessed; the frequency of PSIs in prehospital care; and the harm associated with PSIs in prehospital care. |
| Injury Prevention | National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC) | Website designed to meet the needs of emergency responders and other health care professionals to safely and effectively manage special pathogens. |
| Injury Prevention | Developing Evidence Based EMS Fatigue Management Guidelines | NASEMSO provides an overview of the three phases of the Fatigue in EMS Evidence Based Guidelines project, including a demonstration of NASEMSO's new EMS Fatigue Risk Analyzer. |
| Violence Prevention | Fire and EMS Response to Civil Unrest | USFA and NHTSA Office of EMS compiled best practices to assist EMS practitioners as you respond to civil unrest incidents in your community. |
| Injury Prevention | EMS Fatigue Risk Management and Project Research - What's New? | Webinar presented by Dr. Daniel Patterson from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine on December 1, 2020 to review the current project's status and its three (3) phases. |
| Injury Prevention | Fire and EMS Response to Civil Unrest | Best practices to prepare personnel, the station, apparatus, and the community for emergency response in a challenging environment. |
| Violence Prevention | 2019 NAEMT National Report on EMS Violence | Provides information on the acts of violence against EMS practitioners and recommended actions that EMS agencies can take to protect and support their personnel. |
| Ambulance Safety | CAAS Ground Vehicle Standard for Ambulances v2.0 | Update includes the latest safety, quality and compliance requirements for new production ambulances. |
| Injury Prevention | The Side-by-Side Lift and Carry | A paradigm shift to save your back or the backs of your employees. |
| Injury Prevention | Implementation Guidebook: 2018 Fatigue Risk Management Guidelines for EMS | Guidance for implementing evidence-based guidelines for fatigue risk management in EMS. |
| Infection Prevention | Survey to explore the depth of US EMS practitioners’ highly infectious disease training and education. | American Journal of Infection Control: Determining training and education needs pertaining to highly infectious disease preparedness and response: A gap analysis survey of US emergency medical services practitioners. |
| Injury Prevention | EMS Providers: How To Stay Safe On The Job | The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of EMS released a new resource to help EMS providers prevent injuries at work. |
| Injury Prevention | Fatigue in EMS Risk Management Guidelines | NASEMSO News release from January 11, 2018 regarding fatigue in EMS. |
| Injury Prevention | Guide for Developing an EMS Agency Safety Program | A roadmap for EMS agencies to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace safety program, customizable to their agency type, size and needs. |
| Violence Prevention | Mitigation of Occupational Violence to Firefighters and EMS Responders June 2017 | Report by FEMA/US Fire Administration |
| Injury Prevention | Fact Sheet | EMS Workers: How Employers Can Prevent Injuries and Exposures |
| Ambulance Safety | Improving EMS Worker Safety Through Ambulance Design and Testing | This 7-part video series, jointly funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, covers new crash test methods to improve worker and patient safety in an ambulance patient compartment. |
| Ambulance Safety | Lights and Siren Use by Emergency Medical Services: Above All Do No Harm | This principle of medical care helps to guide medical decisions by reminding healthcare providers that while attempting to provide treatments to improve a patient’s outcome, there are risks that can cause harm. |
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