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”
An analysis by ESO found that providers spent more than 30 minutes on average with each confirmed COVID-19 patient, including 15 minutes in the confined space of an ambulance
A car can been seen nearly striking first responders before hitting an emergency vehicle head-on
A driver suspected of driving under the influence plowed into Erik Bedwell’s ambulance, sending him, his patient and his future into a tailspin
The Limon Area Fire Protection District rig was heavily damaged but no injuries were reported in the crash
Police determined the employee who was driving the rig failed to yield at a red light
The police medic suffered a dislocated left ulna, fractured left hand and neck and back pain
Police said the driver was distracted by an argument with another driver when he rolled into the ambulance
The ambulance was struck by a car at an intersection while running lights and sirens on Thursday
Video shot by a bystander appears to show the parking enforcement officer refusing to move for the rig while leaving a ticket
Officials said the fire was caused by a generator malfunction
A photo captured by a bystander appears to show a paramedic putting a pool table into the back of an ambulance
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
