Ambulance Safety
This directory offers a curated selection of articles on Ambulance Safety, focusing on best practices for EMS professionals. Topics include safe driving techniques, equipment securing, and protocols to minimize risks during transport. Prioritizing Ambulance Safety is essential for protecting both patients and EMS personnel. Additionally, explore our resources on emergency vehicle operations, which are closely related to maintaining safety standards in the field. Use this directory to stay informed and ensure that your ambulance operations adhere to the highest safety standards.
This year’s EMS Week theme is “We care. For everyone.” How is your agency honoring your service?
You can’t help anyone if you don’t get there safely; always practice defensive driving, especially when you’re responding to an emergency call
Ambulance collisions, which happen with frightening regularity, often result in injury and are occasionally fatal, especially for private vehicle drivers
Officials say the fleet remains safe, but the latest fire has prompted a full investigation and plans to shift to cooler-running diesel models
The MEDS Act would fund essential supplies, study EMS workforce needs and formalize EMS in federal healthcare law
A patient and Honolulu EMS crew safely escaped from the ambulance before it was engulfed in flames
Authorities credit the PennSTAR pilot for not crashing into any homes
A driver reportedly crossed a double-solid line while attempting to pass another vehicle and crashed into the ambulance, leaving a paramedic with minor injuries
An episode of Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast “Revisionist History” dives into the data — and the noise — behind why EMS sirens may no longer be worth the risk
A Bloxom ambulance overturned after striking the tractor-trailer
An AMR ambulance was ripped apart after it struck a palm tree in Riverside County
AMR EMT Jacob Bozeman’s family and coworkers remember him for his compassion and dedication to helping others
The dump truck pulled in front of the ambulance while attempting to use a crossover, killing EMT Jacob Bozeman
A severe dust storm in Newkirk caused a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 11, injuring two medics
Insufficient sleep impacts decision-making, wellness and risk-taking, putting providers and patients at risk
Hennepin EMS paramedics were responding to a “non-urgent call” when a sedan entered the opposite lane and struck the ambulance
Limit your exposure and clean the ambulance and your clothing before heading home after shift to avoid contaminating your home and loved ones
A Midwest Medical Transport ambulance burned after a crash on I-270 in St. Louis County
The crash injured two Hillsborough County Fire Rescue crew members and left the ambulance overturned following the impact at an intersection
The ambulance slid on the ice and struck the bystander who was directing them to the scene
Medic 1 provided an update on the condition of two paramedics seriously injured in a crash involving two school buses
Two Medic 1 paramedics suffered internal and lower extremity injuries in a crash while responding to a cardiac arrest call
The crash caused the ambulance to overturn onto two vehicles
Officials said when first responders arrived, the Candia EMT was unresponsive
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A structure collapse response is going to be bigger than just your crew, so requesting ample resources early can go a long way as technical rescue teams assemble
Roadway incidents are highly hazardous hot zones for EMS and other public safety personnel
Pittsburgh EMS has faced times when reserve rigs were out of service and medics had to use special event ambulances
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