The International Association of EMS Chiefs (IAEMSC) is pleased to announce it is accepting enrollment in the National EMS Health and Safety Surveillance System. The project was jointly developed by the IAEMSC and Intermedix and provides a secure web based portal for registered EMS organizations to enter and analyze data regarding occupational illness, injuries and fatalities. The project was featured as a “JEMS 10" top 10 innovations for 2009.
Registration
EMS organizations or systems requesting to participate in the EMS Health and Safety Surveillance System will participate in a one-time registration process that provides the agency profile and demographics. The agency will designate the authorized system users and obtain user training. Priority will be given to organizations with current IAEMSC members.
Reporting
The online, secure database provides easy reporting of incident, personnel and event data regarding a potential occupational illness, injury or death. An incident-level printed report may be generated to fulfill agency reporting requirements. Periodic reports of agency data, with quarterly aggregate reports of all system data will be available for participating agencies. Annual, system-wide data reports and ad-hoc special requests will also be available for participating agencies.
Contact
EMS systems and/or agencies should contact Geoffrey Miller, Project Coordinator and IAEMSC Director Emeritus at Geoffrey.Miller@iaemsc.org for additional information and to become an authorized user of the National EMS Health and Safety Surveillance System.
