Re: 24 hours shifts and the hornets nest

[Helodoc@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/18/02 13:30:31 Eastern Standard Time, 
primanoctes209@cableone.net writes:

<< Every day and all over America, ground ambulances, fire departments and 
even air ambulances (except pilots) are working at the "15 hour" and there is 
no documented increases in crashes, or morbidity/mortality due to fatigue.  >>

The problem is that there is not database for ground ambulance crashes in the 
US.  We have no documentation that fatigue was a factor, but that is most 
likely because there is no NTSB-like body that looks at these crashes.

Dave Thomson

David P. Thomson, MS, MD, FACEP
Associate Professor
Emergency Medicine
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY 13210
315.464.6219 voice
315.464.6229 fax

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