January 2009 Ambulance Crash Log

[ernesthyatt]

I live in kotzebue ak and we try to have cevo classes cosistently. our fire and ambulance is staffed by at least one paid staff and the rest is volunteer. It is really hard to make sure everyone is cevo certified. Always drive safely and and try to review any incident openly. Accidents unfortunately are accidents and are going to happen. Anything you can do to make driving safer is great.

I am not sure if you are asking for data on accidents or just trying to resolve something that has alreday occured?

[reaper]

Yes its real humurous until you bury one of your own. I wonder if after that funeral you will say, "yes we did all that we could to ensure our ambulances were of the safest design, and that we did all the training we could to ensure safer driving practices.

I wonder if anyone in EMS has ever heard of the "Smith System for Driver Safety". Its only been used by major corporations since 1946. But luckily in EMS we have EVOC that everyone takes once in their career.

Correction: some EMS people take EVOC.

Yes, I have done Smith Driving System. It is a joke. A lot of systems have tried to use CEVO, which I think is another joke. Evoc is a joke, unless you need to know how to park a truck. I would like to see an extensive driving course for ambulances. But, you will still see just as many accidents. It is the nature of the job. We can not control what the public does behind the wheel!