In the world of emergency medical services, providers face many dangers every day. EMS training assumes that you cannot guarantee your patient's safety until you guarantee your own. As such, emphasis is placed on health, isolation of bodily substances, and safety on premises repeatedly throughout the educational process. It is only when one joins the ranks of everyday emergency medical services personnel that one understands the dangers of driving or being a passenger in an ambulance and, many times, that may be too late. Photographs and descriptions of hazards may be posted, but without training beyond road tests and video and written reviews, bad habits and lax behavior may become too ingrained in the individual. While there is a need to focus on education, a much greater concern may be the ambulances themselves. According to Paul Moore of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, "although general vehicle safety has increased by leaps and bounds over the past fifteen years, ambulance safety has not increased, particularly in the patient compartment” (Nordberg). ...