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.
Wall, surface and stretcher mounts help secure equipment within the ambulance, reducing the potential for injury to patients and providers
This issue features articles highlighting the importance of patient and provider safety during ambulance transport and the need for an EMS overhaul
You may have seen ambulances with a few modifications here and there, but these strange rigs are in a class of their own
Officials said the woman was found trapped in the wreckage after crashing the ambulance on the highway
Clifton Harville, 60, was being transported to the hospital when the ambulance was struck, causing it to flip over
Officials said the ambulance crashed after an EMT swerved to avoid a deer, and the ambulance was already on fire by the time police arrived
A patient in the ambulance was not hurt, but two firefighter-paramedics were taken to a hospital
Toxicology testing found that James Wesley, who crashed an ambulance and killed three, had cocaine in his system
The higher than normal air conditioner failure rate is a “real challenge for both patient and first responder”
A man who said he was shot while driving on a Massachusetts highway flagged down a passing ambulance for treatment
The West End Community Ambulance rig rolled down an embankment after crashing while moving through a heavy storm
Officials said all five occupants inside the ambulance were transported to the hospital with serious injuries
The Mount Sinai EMS crew was inside the ambulance when the engine caught fire
Police said Scott Sampson crashed into an ambulance that was being used for driver training while his 1-year-old son was with him in the vehicle
Laura Norton said an ambulance took off after hitting her car, but the company counterclaimed that the incident did not occur
The North Salem Ambulance Corp. ambulance was pulling into an intersection when it collided with another vehicle
Acadian Ambulance Operations Manager Justin Cox said the paramedics were transporting a patient when the crash occurred
Officials said firefighters were driving the ambulance to a call when they hit a man who was standing outside of the bay doors
The Gordon Heights Fire Department ambulance was transporting a patient when it collided with another vehicle
The driver was charged with failing to yield at a stop sign after a crash that injured 11 people, including six children
Aurora police said the ambulance, which had a patient inside, had its lights and sirens activated and was heading west when it T-boned the minivan
Steve Werner’s family remembers him as an adrenaline junkie who had a passion for helping other people
The Paramedics Plus ambulance was transporting the patient with its lights and sirens activated when a vehicle crashed into it, causing it to overturn
The crash occurred when a driver failed to yield, and then jumped out of the car and fled from the scene
Steven Werner was killed when an ambulance crashed into a semi-tractor trailer that had stopped on a bridge for construction
Discuss these ambulance crash characteristics with your department’s emergency vehicle operators
It’s uncertain if anyone in the ambulance was injured but a female ambulance crewmember was seen holding an icebag to the side of her face
The Wayne Township Fire Department ambulance was transporting a patient when it was involved in a head-on collision
More than 600 organizations have teamed up to create a comprehensive strategy to put an end to increasing vehicle fatalities in the United States
The unidentified man had to be extricated from the ambulance after police found it overturned on the road
A pedestrian is in serious condition after a driver hit an ambulance that had its lights activated and was trying to merge into another lane
James Wesley, who was driving an ambulance involved in a fatal crash, did not disclose his extensive felony record
Police said Martin Laravillela stole an ambulance and crashed it into a police cruiser while celebrating his birthday at a Dave and Busters
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