Ambulance Safety
Prevent and survive an attack by pre-planning your fight or flight response
A future EMT’s submission to the NPR student podcast challenge seeks to educate the public about lights and siren use
The NBC docuseries follows units in Los Angeles County, highlighting the positivity of the profession but also a problematic safety issue
AMR medics in Grand Rapids were injured when the suspect crashed into their rig after an earlier police pursuit
Four Polk County Fire Rescue members were injured when their ambulance crashed into a business
Escondido paramedics smelled smoked while they were transporting a patient to Rady Children’s Hospital
The investigative report finds Topsfield EMTs “grossly failed to take care of this patient appropriately”
Van-Far Paramedic Jason Bostic suffered multiple fractures in both legs and arms
Starke County Paramedic Michael Wilcox was killed in an ambulance crash and rollover
A driver was critically injured after his minivan crashed into an ambulance responding to a call
Paramedic Hunter Fruge was told he would have to learn to walk again after a crash that killed his partner
Two Van-Far EMS members were flown to University Hospital in Columbus after a fatal head-on collision
A car struck a Chicago ambulance, sending it into another vehicle before crashing into a church
A birthday parade was held outside the hospital in Louisville for a Bullitt County paramedic injured an ambulance crash
An EMT and patient are killed after their ambulance collided head-on with a tractor-trailer
Haywood County paramedics uninjured after ambulance rolls down an embankment
A Bullitt County paramedic was caring for a patient when he was ejected from the back of the ambulance
Two Prince George’s County firefighters were inside their ambulance at an earlier accident
Orlando will begin testing two driverless buses that will run daily on traditional bus routes
The Coffee County EMS crew was transporting a patient when they collided with a truck
Kevin McCorvey admitted to smoking marijuana, taking Adderall and drinking beer before driving the ambulance
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said the woman crashed the NHT ambulance once then bailed out before the second crash
First responders in Lowndes County were on the scene of a crash when the car went flying up the ramp of the tow truck
Durham EMS is not at the point it was several months ago when ambulances were breaking down on calls
We can apply the 5 Es of CRR to distracted driving to better protect our first responders operating on roadways
Both vehicles were responding to a report of a drowning; the victim was treated by EMS at the scene and was reported as stable
Multiple departments responded to a crash in Barron County that killed two people and critically injured three
“We have a duty to care for those who care for us,” President Joe Biden said
Children of the patient killed in the April crash say the EMT failed to maintain control of the ambulance
A 74-year-old patient died after head-on collision involving a Regional Paramedical Services ambulance
Regional Paramedical Services stated one of their ambulances was involved and offered thoughts and prayers to those involved
EMS1 tours Horton ambulances equipped with a new restraint system
While first responders were helping victims of a crash, another vehicle hit the ambulance with so much force that it knocked it over, MEDIC said
