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.
An Interview with Jay Fitch, PhD, about Pinnacle 2022 and beyond
There is a groundswell of support to change how lights and sirens are used in EMS to reduce risk to ambulance crews, patients and others
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
“This is a good reminder of the need to be continuously aware of emergency vehicles and the dangers of red light and siren responses,” a MedStar spokesman said
After a highway pursuit, a woman driving a stolen ambulance took a road that dead-ended into the Irondequoit Bay
A St. Johns County Fire Rescue ambulance caught fire on the highway while transporting a patient
An ambulance transporting a 17-year-old patient was hit by a dump truck on Tuesday morning, killing the attending paramedic and patient
Two Horry County Fire Rescue members were injured when their rig overturned in an incident involving another vehicle
Examining disciplinary culture, administration and perception in EMS
Witnesses at the scene said the woman driving the passenger car hit the private ambulance head on
Four Falmouth police officers were able to lift the vehicle up enough to relieve pressure on the man’s extremities, allowing a paramedic to pull him out from under the SUV
The Onslow County medic suffered smoke inhalation trying to save equipment from the burning rig
Other bills still up for consideration include one increasing penalties for assaulting first responders and one that aims for more police accountability
Firefighters needed to break the ambulance windshield to free the two American Medical Response EMTs
The suspect accused of killing Care Ambulance Paramedic David Mimm was initially charged with the lower-level felony of manslaughter
Cumberland-Goodwill EMT Grace Snyder’s actions were caught on camera as she pulled the man away seconds before an explosion
Keeping them going round and round during fuel supply disruptions
The two crewmembers and 12-year-old patient were trapped by fallen powerlines until the power could be shut off
An off-duty Reading Fire Department paramedic spotted the ambulance and followed it until state police arrived, officials said
Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad Chief Joel Rutkowski said the actions of the crewmember who was driving prevented serious injuries
Three volunteer EMS personnel were among those injured in the crash
Several witnesses said they saw the woman traveling in the wrong lane and tried to warn her to no avail
The crash occurred as authorities were pursuing the stolen rig
The ambulance crew was transporting a patient in serious condition at the time of the crash
The DeKalb County paramedic had to be extricated from the ambulance, officials said
Officials say it appears the car veered in front of the ambulance
The ambulance was carrying a patient with lights and sirens activated at the time of the crash
Authorities say the other vehicle ran a red light and struck the rig, causing it to roll over
The rig was recovered about an hour after the crash
The rig was traveling at about 35 miles per hour when it struck the man
West Midlands Ambulance Service EMT Jeremy Daw, 66, had come out of retirement as a former paramedic to assist during the COVID-19 pandemic
The crew was transporting a patient with lights and sirens activated when the crash occurred
The stolen rig struck four vehicles during its three-mile trip