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.
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
Bryan Bledsoe: “EMS must be fixed with bulldozers not tweezers”
After hitting the ambulance, the vehicle veered and struck several trees, ejecting the driver
The Deming Fire Department ambulance was rolled over onto its side in the crash
Two fire-EMS personnel were among those injured in the collision with a passenger car
Both the driver and the passenger of the ambulance received non-life threatening injuries
One EMS provider was injured and the driver of the car was seriously injured after becoming trapped
Police say the ambulance was transporting a 3-year-old child and the child’s mother when it struck another vehicle and flipped on its side
Police say a van struck the side of the Brewster ambulance as it was puling out of a gas station, causing it to flip on its side; two medics became trapped in the wreckage
Two EMS providers, a patient and the driver of the other vehicle were injured after the driver allegedly refused to pull over for a state trooper and went through stop sticks
The Roseville Volunteer Fire Department blasted the drone operator on Facebook and police have launched an investigation into the incident
Police say a Frito Lay Cheetos truck crashed into the ambulance, which had its lights and sirens activated, after driving through a green light
The suspect was charged with felony threats of violence and misdemeanor disorderly conduct
Learn how to put structure to your patient safety program while changing the culture and measuring progress
Through donations, the organization was able able to purchase the ambulance and a stretcher for $150,000
Providers were stopped and responding to reports of a stabbing when the woman careened into the parked ambulance
In the incident aftermath, the suspect fled the scene after being instructed to wait to exchange information
The providers needed help escaping the vehicle and were later transported to the hospital with minor injuries
Crozer Health Paramedic Lt. Nick Cull was released from a rehabilitation center Friday after suffering serious injures in the crash with a school bus
Two paramedics, a patient and another driver went to the hospital after the crash between a Brewster Ambulance rig and a car Sunday night
The bus was stopped and the ambulance was transporting a patient when the crash occurred in 2019; one lawyer said his client, who was on the bus, suffered permanent injury
The patient had suffered smoke inhalation and was being transported to the hospital when the ambulance was struck by another vehicle
The bill, which increases the penalties for failing to yield to emergency and work vehicles, was passed unanimously in both chambers of the state legislature
The man dangled from a rope outside the tower for more than 13 hours
The Humvee was later recovered from a ditch with its doors torn off
Officials said the bridge should improve response times and safety EMS personnel
Two Cincinnati Fire Department members were injured and another driver died after the collision Thursday night
The two Ava Ambulance District employees managed to escape uninjured, but the rig was destroyed
Joshua Eric Matlock, 24, was arrested last week in connection with the incident that left a Santiam Hospital ambulance burnt down to its frame
Police are searching for the driver they say rear-ended a NuCare ambulance before speeding off
Four victims aged 17-34 were transported to the hospital with serious injuries after the crash
A rookie 911 operator guided the mother after the birth of the first twin during a storm; the ambulance continued to the hospital after it was rear-ended
