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.
Be sure to clean and disinfect both the front and back compartments of the ambulance to reduce potential exposure to viruses, bacteria and dangerous drugs like fentanyl
Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Carlos Rosario shares his recovery after being struck on a roadway and promotes safety during Distracted Driver Awareness Month
After a high-speed collision, Kootenai County EMS System chief confirms lessons about designing and operating a safer ambulance
Officials said the ambulance rolled over after the police car crashed into it, resulting in the injuries of two EMTs, two cops and one patient
Officials said a four-vehicle crash occurred after an ambulance that was transporting a patient went through a red light with its lights and sirens activated
The AMR ambulance flipped on its side after being involved in a collision with another vehicle
This issue features articles highlighting the importance of patient and provider safety during ambulance transport and the need for an EMS overhaul
Officials said they plan to increase background checks after it was revealed that an EMT involved in a fatal ambulance crash had a long criminal history
Officials said Portsmouth Ambulance Service paramedic Jennifer Cross was part of a crew responding to a call when their ambulance collided with another vehicle
Calling his behavior disgusting, a judge sentenced Theodore Gasiorowski to a year in jail and ordered him to pay $150,000
Stephanie Schwambach faces several felony charges after allegedly leading police on a chase in a stolen ambulance before crashing it into a tree
Bystanders helped an EMT who was trapped underneath an ambulance after it was struck by a vehicle that ran a red light
Officials said the ambulance was responding to a call with its lights and sirens on when a truck failed to yield to the rig at an intersection
Witnesses said the Community Care ambulance had its lights and siren going when a vehicle hit the rear driver’s side of the rig, causing it to overturn
The Bethany Volunteer Fire Company firefighters were transported to the hospital after Syed Rahman, who died at the scene, struck the ambulance with his vehicle
According to a Minnesota State Patrol report, both responder vehicles swerved to avoid the vehicle when it veered into northbound lanes, but were sideswiped
The new system helps drivers give emergency vehicles a route through traffic by forming an “emergency corridor”
Police originally said the ambulance had its lights and sirens on when it ran through a red light and hit another vehicle, but are now reassessing what occurred
A Mobile Life Support Services ambulance was transporting a patient when the ambulance crashed into a tree
Rock Township Ambulance District Lt. Nick Salzman said it was a “life experience” when a vehicle struck his ambulance while he was tending to patients
You may have seen ambulances with a few modifications here and there, but these strange rigs are in a class of their own
Police said the semi-truck crossed the center line, sideswiped the Van Buren EMS ambulance and then rolled over
An EMS crew was responding to an injury on the field during a Brazilian soccer match when their rig refused to start, requiring the athletes to give it a push-start
Firefighters had to extricate the paramedics and one other person from another vehicle after a crash occurred while the paramedics were responding to a call
Police said an ambulance rear-ended another rig that had slowed for traffic, causing a chain reaction with three other ambulances
Officials said a teen admitted to smoking marijuana before pulling out in front of an ambulance, resulting in a crash that injured an EMT and a paramedic
The boy and three friends failed to stop at a red light and hit an AREA Services Ambulance
The ambulance was knocked on its side when a box truck without a driver drifted down a hill and slammed into the vehicle
A crash involving an ambulance and at least two other cars on the highway served as a reminder to drivers to be aware of emergency vehicles on the road
Susanna Kelly was charged with careless driving, failure to drive with due care and improper lane change in the death of Marina DeSteno Challeen
Police said the boy, who has autism, got into the ambulance while he was being evaluated and drove it down an embankment
Fire department spokeswoman Blair Skinner said the paramedics were taken to a hospital for evaluation of minor injuries after the crash
AMR paramedic Jimmy Miller was transporting a patient when his ambulance was struck twice in a hit-and-run
