TRB EMS Safety Subcommittee ANB10 (5)


TRB EMS Safety Subcommittee is an interdisciplinary committee that shares a common interest in advancing EMS and Medical Transportation Safety Research, the subcommittee is Chaired by Nadine Levick MD, MPH, and was established in 2007 and first met January 2008. It is convened under the auspices of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Science, Medicine and Engineering. The Transportation Research Board of the National Academies meets annually in Washington DC in January for its annual symposium. During this meeting the Subcommittees have formal meetings.
Active participation on the TRB EMS Safety Subcommittee is encouraged for all with an interest in advancing EMS Safety Research and Practice, participation is gratis.
Please complete the form below should you be interested to join or be active in the Subcommittee. If you have any questions regarding the TRB's EMS activities, please contact us and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you.


January 2012 ANB10(5) Subcommittee Meeting:

***2012 TRB January EMS Safety Subcommittee Meeting***
The 2012 TRB EMS Subcommittee Meeting was held on January 23th, 2012, at the DC TRB Conference, the meeting was very well attended on site. Due to some internet technical difficulties live connection was limited from DC, Agenda and Handout links are below. The recording will be available for download at this site shortly -

Here is the January 2012 Subcommittee Meeting Agenda
Handout for January 2012 Subcommittee Meeting
Handout for January 2012 Subcommittee Innovation Presentations

Standby for the recording.
Click here for a Subcommittee sign up request

***Forthcoming EMS SAFETY SYSTEMS, STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS SUMMIT:***
The next Ambulance Transport Safety Summit will be held on Wednesday February 29th, 2012 on site at the National Academies, Keck Center in Washington DC - and via live interactive Webinar link at satellite sites.
Click here for 2012 TRB Summit Program and Agenda Onsite Registration is now OPEN - CLICK HERE
Standby for Webinar link info -

Annual Subcommittee Meetings:

*2011 TRB January EMS Safety Subcommittee Meeting*
The 2011 TRB EMS Subcommittee Meeting was held on Monday January 24th, 2011, at the DC TRB Conference and via live online Webinar access,
Click to download 'The next steps - What ANB10(5) can do for EMS' handout for the Subcommittee presentation, by Nadine Levick, Chair ANB10(5)
There were three updates presented of some EMS Safety programs underway -
ACEP Safety Culture project, presented by Rick Murray
EMS Safety Naturalistic Study, presented by Laura Stanley
NAEMT Safety Course development, presented by Glenn Luedtke
Three 20 minute presentations, followed the administrative meeting of the activities of the Subcommittee.The focus of the 2011 TRB EMS Safety Subcommittee meetings information presentations were:
Download 'Culture of Safety (air and ground)' handout presented by Eileen Frazer, CAMTS and
Ground fleet management safety technologies now and the future -
Download 'Convergence in Technologies - An integrated approach to deliver sustainable driver behaviour change' handout presented by Simon Ralphs, CEO Telematicus
Download 'Optimizing EMS Transport Operation & Safety' handout presented by Joe Bourgraf, Ferno CEO
This complete Subcommittee meeting is public access and recorded - here is the -
**Public access Webinar Recording Link for 2011 TRB EMS Safety Subcommittee meeting**.

EMS Safety Subcommittee meeting Agenda -
CLICK here for the Jan 2011 TRB EMS Safety Subcommittee Agenda and map
Also, here are some selected TRB 2011 conference sessions/presentations of interest


For information about the previous 2008- 2010 TRB EMS Transport Safety Subcommittee Meetings and activities, click on these links -

i. January 2008 National Academies TRB, DC, EMS Transportation Safety Inaugural Subcommittee Meeting
CLICK here for access to the Recorded Webinar of the Inaugural TRB EMS Safety Subcommittee Meeting, Jan 16th, 2008
CLICK herefor the January 2008 TRB EMS Safety Meeting handouts
and here for the poster
and here for the minutes

ii. November 2008 TRB EMS Transport Safety Subcommittee Meeting
CLICK here for the Agenda
and here for the Minutes

iii. November 7th, 2008 TRB EMS Transport Safety Interdisciplinary Summit
CLICK here for Information, Recording and Handouts

iv. January 13th, 2009 TRB EMS Transport Safety Subcommittee Meeting and January 14th Presentations
CLICK here for the Agenda
and here for the Minutes
This subcommittee meeting will be accessible also Live via Webinar thanks to CIRCL, University of Pittsburgh
CLICK here to view a recording of the Subcommittee meeting VIA WEBINAR Tuesday January 13, 2009
Here is a link to the presentation slides in .pdf format - please open this file for a complete set of the slides from this Webinar
CLICK here for the January 2009 presentation handout.

v. October 29th 2009 TRB EMS Transport Safety Summit
CLICK here for information and downloads

vi. Janury 2010 TRB EMS Transport Safety Subcommittee Meeting
Wednesday January 13, 2010, 10.15am - 12pm EST, Harding Room, Marriot Wardman Park, Washington DC
CLICK here for the Agenda and map
and here for the Minutesto be posted
January 2010 Subcommittee Handouts and Recording
This subcommittee meeting will be accessible also Live via Webinar and recorded thanks to the EMS Safety Foundation
CLICK TRB 2010 Ambulance Transport Safety Subcommittee Meeting recording

And click here for the Handout

TRB EMS Transport Safety Subcommittee Attendance and Interest Form
Please complete this form to attend onsite or online. For online attendance your email address is essential so that the live participation link can be forwarded to you.