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
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
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
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