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.
More and more departments are adding blocking units to protect emergency scenes
Use this acronym to remind crews that readiness is everyone’s responsibility
The ERSI has already tracked 34 first responder roadway-incident deaths in 2022 and an average of two struck-by incidents daily
Four pieces of low-hanging fruit that can improve industry safety for our patients and EMS crews
EMS providers were transporting a patient and had the siren on when a car struck the rig, according to state troopers
The California Highway Patrol is investigating the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District rig collision
A second ambulance crew was dispatched to continue the original patient’s transport, and a third crew was sent to assist those injured in the crash
Two EMS providers and a patient who was onboard were said to be alert and were taken to hospitals
Smart ambulances help EMS agencies become more data-driven, making fleet management safer and more cost-effective
UT Health East Texas Paramedic David Eads, 42, died when the ambulance struck a truck that was backing up across the two lanes of traffic
Monongalia County EMT Anthony Oliverio was stabbed approximately three times in the torso and hand
The vehicles were responding to two different calls when the crash occurred
All the injuries were listed as minor, and Cleburne Fire Chief Scott Lail said both paramedics have recovered
Eligible regional activities under AFG are Vehicle Acquisition, Training, Equipment, Wellness and Fitness, and PPE activities
The surviving medic is being treated after a UT East Texas Health System ambulance crashed into an 18-wheeler
The two EMS providers and their patient were hospitalized following the crash
Kevin McCorvey faces charges of driving under the influence, second-degree vehicular homicide, open container and failure to maintain lane
Two Cleburne firefighters were taken to the hospital for evaluation with non-life-threatening injuries
Two other crewmembers were evaluated after the incident involving a Madison Township Fire Department ambulance
The $32 million 40-acre San Diego-area facility includes a track where fire, police and EMS personnel can practice driving emergency vehicles
A Holden Fire Department ambulance was en route to a local hospital when it crashed
Three people were transported to area hospitals, according to officials at the scene
The Trinity EMS vehicle was operating with lights and siren through a green light intersection
Riverside Fire District Chief Rob Bowen was tending to a patient in the back of the rig when the incident occurred
While world leaders debate and approve actions to reduce methane emissions and protect forests, public safety is already putting no-emission electric vehicles into service
Canadian researchers studied the impact of a single night without sleep, as well as chronic poor sleep quality
Two Colo. firefighter-paramedics in the rig were unhurt, but police say the incident could have been much worse
Wausau police are investigating whether the ambulance collision caused the fatality or if it stemmed from the incident that necessitated the initial transport
No one was injured when the ambulance crashed into the copter in Maine, and the patient was safely transported
The LifeFlight helicopter was on the ground, shut down, when an East Machias ambulance struck a main rotor blade
Four-month-old Israel Barrera suffered life-threatening injuries after the Nissan Altima he was riding in collided with an ambulance
The driver fled the scene after rear-ending a Sun Prairie ambulance during a patient transport
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission identified more than 190,000 ED visits due to micromobility products in the past four years
