Ambulance Crash Characteristics in the US Defined by the Popular Press: A Retrospective Analysis.

"The authors gratefully acknowledge the leadership, support, and assistance of the staff from the Western Transportation Institute who provided the overall guidance for the broader project titled Driver Safety Research Program: Phase I—Feasibility Study. Funding was provided in part by a grant from the Office of Research, Development, and Technology, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, US Department of Transportation. They would also like to thank the owners and editors of the EMSNetwork website, who graciously allowed us to analyze ambulance crash reports captured at their website. Their ongoing commitment to gathering these “popular press” reports represent, arguably, the most complete database that exists on ambulance crashes across the United States. In particular, they wish to thank the following editorial staff of EMSNetwork: Valerie DeFrance, Editor-in-Chief, Matt Zavadsky, Senior Editor, and John McMaster, Associate Editor-in-Chief. The authors would also like to thank Carmen Uptmor and Amy Mellinger of the Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation for their assistance with data entry and manuscript preparation."