With studies showing that EMS workers have higher rates of non-fatal injuries and illnesses as compared to the general worker population, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is proposing research that will provide a detailed description of non-fatal occupational injuries and illnesses incurred by EMS workers.

The project will use two related data sources: medical records of EMS workers treated in a nationally stratified sample of emergency department and data from telephone interview surveys of the injured and ill EMS workers identified within the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS-Work).