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 EMS, FIRE RESCUE, DISASTER MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SINCE 1998 
 

Newsmaker Interview

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Are Overweight Emergency Workers a Problem for the Profession?
Go to any trade show, and you will see overweight and unfit firefighters, paramedics, EMTs and rescue personnel. Everyone knows that obesity is dangerous to one’s health. But are overweight emergency workers also a problem for the profession because they project a bad image to the public? Do emergency personnel have an obligation to set a good example for the public? Best Practices asked three respected leaders in the emergency community to comment on this topic. All of them confess to being overweight themselves.

Nadine Levick, MD, MPH, Addresses Ambulance Safety
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has placed a lot of emphasis lately on EMS aviation safety, but the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has not made the same effort to protect EMS providers and patients in ground-based ambulances, according to safety expert Nadine Levick, MD, MPH, of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Maimonides Medical Center, in Brooklyn, New York. Best Practices asked Levick what she would recommend to improve EMS safety on the road.



 


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