Key points
- NIOSH uses the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System occupational supplement (NEISS-Work) to estimate nonfatal, emergency department treated injuries to EMS clinicians.
- Injury estimates are calculated for demographics and injury characteristics.
- The most common injuries were sprains and strains.
Overview
NEISS-Work is a national probability-based sample of U.S. hospital emergency departments that collects data on civilian workers injured on the job. It includes nonfatal injuries to EMS clinicians that occurred during paid or volunteer EMS duties.
How it works
EMS clinician injuries treated in the participating hospitals are identified from admission information and emergency department chart review by a records abstractor in each hospital.
A workers' compensation claim is not required for inclusion.
National injury estimates are calculated by summing the statistical weights assigned to each case treated in one of the NEISS-Work hospitals.
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