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.
Matt Zavadsky shares how MedStar ceased red lights and sirens operations during recent weather event and discusses EMS on-demand
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5 ways a good partner can make the shift go more smoothly and improve patient and provider safety
29-year-old James Hvamstad was killed when an ambulance carrying a patient crashed into the rear of his Jeep
An ASAP Ambulance shift manager said that the EMS provider who was driving must have blacked out or fallen asleep
EMS providers were getting ready to unload the patient from the ambulance when he got into the driver’s seat and took off
A reporter being struck during a live news report highlights the danger of working near roadway incidents – one that has proven fatal for many first responders
Washington County EMTs were transporting the teenager, who was having a mental health issue
Two METZ Medical Transport employees were injured but in stable condition following the incident
Lexipol’s Greg Friese, MS, NRP, joins Cebollero and Grayson to discuss the hot topics in 2022, from ambulance safety to provider burnout, and how to steer the EMS ship
Firefighters were able to extricate the EMT from Waldorf Paramedic Ambulance 38 shortly after the incident
“Our hearts hurt so bad for you and your family,” Sarah Kaderli’s employer, City Ambulance Service, said in a statement
The Wake County EMS ambulance crew was responding to a call using the rig’s lights and siren at the time of the crash, police said
Possible changes may affect ambulances’ payload capacity, floor height, lighting, warning devices, doors and more
Houston law enforcement officers said the driver of a black Chevrolet Equinox was probably speeding and did not notice multiple illuminated “wrong way” signs
The time has come for EMS leaders and clinicians to take a data-informed look at how we operate apparatus and the risks involved
The rig hit the underside of a train bridge it was too short to fit under, and the box of the ambulance was partially detached from the front
The Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad members were responding to a call and did not have a patient in the ambulance
One Bell Ambulance employee has returned to in-office work in Milwaukee; the other remains at home after being hospitalized
“I kept thinking they’re going to die in this cold,” said Vania Masaya
Changing just one of many variables that impact EMS response to 911 calls points to the complexity of changing average response times
The man was transported to a Bronx hospital but could not be saved
Two AMR Las Vegas employees had just completed a patient transport when a vehicle hit the ambulance head-on
EMS providers were responding to call about a man who was slumped over in a vehicle
Allegiance Mobile Health EMT Joshua Zaborowski, 30, was killed when the ambulance he was driving overturned
The rig driver, Kevin Tirrel McCorvey, was arrested and told Fairburn police that he had smoked marijuana, taken Adderall and was drinking before the incident
Washington State Patrol says the man failed to yield the right-of-way, but the EMS provider could face charges
Apply crew resource management sterile cockpit rules to stay safe amidst increased roadway dangers
No people were injured, but the American Ambulance vehicle was damaged
An ambulance crew transporting a patient was involved in a three-vehicle crash on Sunday evening
“I fear we’ve adopted some really unsafe driving habits, and they’re going to persist,” said one researcher
Lawton first responder Leif Johnson said an assailant fired a shot that struck the rig “about four inches from my right shoulder”
A Milwaukee patient and an EMT were in critical condition, authorities said
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