R&D by NIST and Partners Yields New Standard for Safer Ambulances (VIDEO)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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This video clip features National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health crash tests on ambulances with traditional safety features, portraying impact damage to vehicles and severe danger to passengers (patient and emergency personnel). The crash test footage is followed by an artist's rendition of an ambulance built in accordance with a new safety design standard for ambulance patient compartments.

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NIOSH, NIST

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