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.
Despite extensive research finding lights and siren use makes little difference in patient outcomes, and in fact causes harm to patients, providers and the public, too many continue to respond hot
Field officers must manage the tactical direction to guide EMTs and paramedics to do their jobs more safely, effectively and efficiently
Our host and guest host tackle road safety and how to get the most out of virtual conferences
The London Ambulance Service tweeted that there were no patients in the ambulance, but that endangering the crew was “unacceptable”
Hundreds of mourners shared memories and condolences at the service for Leigh Schroeder, 28, who was killed in an ambulance crash that also killed two children
Learn how providers can increase their visibility and awareness of approaching hazards in the field to identify potential risks
The ambulance, which was responding to a call, collided with a truck, killing a paramedic and two children
A chain-reaction crash began when the Penn State Health Life Lion ambulance clipped a car attempting to move to the right
A car driven by a 38-year-old man drove into the ambulance, which contained two paramedics and a patient
The suspect driving the ambulance hit a stroller carrying two 7-month-old twins, who were taken to a hospital with minor injuries
Kenyatta Mwambu, 17, was hit by a Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company No. 4 ambulance in May while crossing a street
The patient, whose condition is unknown, was transported to a hospital; an EMT in the back of the rig suffered minor injuries
Matthew Erickson was driving an ambulance in August 2017 when he veered off an interstate and flipped the rig several times
The vehicles were responding to a call of a person shot when they collided
The REV Ambulance Group seat belt system includes a four-point restraint, as well as controlled decelerator technology, which helps absorb energy during a crash
Officials said rainy weather conditions may have contributed to the crash
An ambulance was responding to a hit-and-run crash when a car fleeing from the same scene struck the rig
Norman Devasure, 65, told officers he had consumed two large drinks of whiskey before an NFL game
It is critical that agencies conduct a formal review of all collisions
Two paramedics with the Marrero-Harvey Fire Department were injured when their ambulance collided with another vehicle, overturning the rig
A patient being transported for mental health issues assaulted the treating provider, forcing the medic driving the rig to stop, enabling the patient to steal the ambulance
The County Sheriff’s department later arrested William Swagger after he jumped out of a moving ambulance to escape
Jennifer Doughtery died after she crossed the centerline with her car and crashed head-on into an ambulance
Richard Thornton became uncooperative on the way to the hospital, took a knife from his rear pants pocket and tried to stab the medics
Too many medics don’t use seat belts because they interfere with patient care, but one company is working to change that
An ambulance crashed into a guardrail after it blew a tire out, causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle
First responders pronounced a pedestrian dead on the scene of a fatal crash between a South Carolina ambulance and a pedestrian standing on the road
The driver of the ambulance swerved to miss the child, but he was hit in the head by the side mirror of the vehicle
Paramedic Heather Haynes went through six surgeries including amputation of part of her right leg
The county’s fueling contract company inadvertently filled up the tanks with the wrong fuel, putting diesel in the regular gasoline tanks and gasoline in diesel tanks
Two AMR first responders were transported to the hospital with various injuries and released
A Honolulu EMS paramedic was in the back of the ambulance when he sustained serious injuries in a crash while transporting a patient to the hospital
A Med-Star ambulance was responding to a call of a four-year-girl that sustained a gunshot wound to the chest when the path her house was blocked
