Where is Ems?
–> Home | Browse by Day | or Program | Author Index 173867 Comparative Analysis of EMS Components of State Strategic Highway Safety Plans: Where is EMS? Sunday, October 26, 2008 Nadine Levick, MD, MPH , EMS Safety Foundation, New York, NY Heidi P. Cordi, MD, MPH, EMT-P , Emergency Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, NY Background: All States are mandated to generate a Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) to respond to the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), effective October 1, 2007. SHSPs are required to encompass: Engineering, Enforcement, Education and Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Objective: To identify the scope and nature of the EMS components of the SHSPs developed by each State. Methodology: State SHSPs, written subsequent to SAFETEA-LU legislation, from April 5, 2006 to January 8, 2008, were identified via electronic search of State government, other transportation informat