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
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
The crash killed James Wesley, who was driving the ambulance, and Larry Marshall Jr., who was being transported from a dialysis appointment
Officials said the patient that was being transported in the ambulance also died in the crash after the driver of the ambulance lost control
The ambulance, with lights and sirens activated, was en route to the hospital when it proceeded through an intersection and collided with a vehicle
Mike Ankenbrand and Emmett Thomas are back on the job after being injured in an ambulance crash that killed the patient they were transporting
Justin Amos told police he saw the ambulance with its lights and sirens on, but did not yield because he had a green light
With more safety data available, ambulance remounts may be the next to receive significant upgrades to minimum quality standards
Kayden, 3, is in the hospital after a teen crashed into the ambulance he was being transported in, and his mother Alexis said she’s not sure he’s going to make it
Officials said the man stole the ambulance and crashed it into a light pole after being kicked out of the hospital for growing disruptive
Illinois Army National Guard Sgt. Marcos Leonardo Gudino was a passenger in a military ambulance that crashed while returning home from weekend training
The Allina Health crew was transporting a 3-year-old boy when a teen driver crashed into the ambulance
