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Polls on this page record what people remember, prefer, or believe about their own agencies. Every answer is shaped by the person's role and recent experience. A paramedic who just finished a hard deep clean may answer one way. A fleet coordinator looking over bills may answer another way. Results shift as more votes come in. Early results with few votes can look clear when they are not. Look at the spread across all the options. Notice when answers are close. An even split usually means sensible agencies disagree for good reasons.
Sourced numbers come from published studies, agency injury data, and industry reports. Each figure on this site links back to where it came from. These numbers measure what happens across many fleets, not what one person recalls. Sometimes a poll and a sourced figure seem to disagree. Usually the number shows what happens broadly, while the poll shows what people think happens. Both have a place in your thinking. But budget requests, policy changes, and product choices should rest on sourced data and your own unit records. They should not rest on a visitor vote.
Visitors to this page are not a random sample of everyone who deals with emergency vehicle decontamination. People arrive here because they are planning, worried or curious, so the mix of answers can lean toward whoever was searching that week. Watch the vote count under each poll before you draw a conclusion, and compare what people think with the sourced figures below.
Of the annual mean 29 fatal ambulance crashes from 1992 to 2011, 58% occurred while the ambulance was in emergency use.
Read with care: Percentages do not account for share of time spent in emergency mode.
Source: NHTSA (presented via NAEMT) (2014)United States, FARS 1992-2011
NHTSA identified 173 fatal ground-ambulance crashes from 2012 to 2018; 45.7% happened during emergency use and only 8.8% of clinicians were properly restrained.
Read with care: Restraint figures come from a small investigation subset.
Source: NHTSA (via U.S. Fire Administration) (2023)United States, fatal ambulance crashes 2012-2018; restraint data from 27 special crash investigations
Sixteen of 50 EMS stethoscopes tested were colonized with MRSA, and 32% of providers could not recall when they last cleaned theirs.
Read with care: Secondary compilation of abstracts; original study sample is small.
Source: New Jersey Department of Health (research abstract compilation) (2015)Single U.S. study of 50 EMS stethoscopes, compiled by NJ DOH
These figures are public research and agency data, not this network's own job records. Keep each number with its population, year and limits; none of them predicts cost, timing or outcome at a specific property.
Yes. Every answer counts the same. It does not matter if it comes from a medic who wipes down the patient area after each call or a supervisor who books deep cleans. Votes go to this site's server and are added to the totals for the chosen option. Your browser remembers the vote, so each poll takes one answer per device. The site does not ask for your role, name, or agency. So it cannot confirm who is answering.
Results update as new votes come in. So the percentages shift as more crews, fleet managers, and cleaning contractors answer. A poll with only a few answers can swing a lot from one week to the next. One with many answers tends to hold steady. If you quote a number in a station meeting or training slide, include the date you checked it. Then nobody is confused when the numbers look different later.
Use them to start talks, not to end them. For example, a result showing that many people struggle with contact time might lead you to check how your own crews handle it. Pair poll results with your own cleaning records and audit findings, which describe your fleet directly. Poll answers show other agencies' experiences, not yours.
The polls do not ask for your name, agency, or contact details. Results are shown only as totals. Some technical data may be used to limit repeat voting. Do not add details that could identify patients, calls, or crew members anywhere on the site. If you have privacy questions, check the site's privacy information.
No. A poll shows how people said they handle things like cot cleaning or cab wipe-downs. It does not show whether a practice kills germs or meets your state EMS rules. It cannot tell you exposure rates, product contact times, or whether the people answering run fleets like yours. For those answers, go to your medical director, infection control officer, disinfectant labels, and your own unit cleaning records.
Respondents come from many kinds of agencies: large and small, public and private, EMS, fire, and law enforcement. Their call volume, staffing, and vehicle types may differ greatly from yours. A practice that is common across respondents may be rare in your region, or the reverse. Differences are worth exploring rather than dismissing.
Yes, as long as you present them for what they are: opinions from self-selected respondents at a point in time. They can help show that a concern is widely shared, which may support a request for training time or a reserve unit. Pair them with your own records so decisions rest on your fleet's experience.
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