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.
Prevent the spread of disease and promote provider health and safety with frequent and effective ambulance decontamination
Great strides have been made in ambulance safety, design and operation, but significant risk still exists
Fire and EMS agencies owe their crews, and the citizens they serve and protect, competent fire apparatus and ambulance driver/operators
The ambulance was transporting a patient when it was hit by what appeared to be a large rock or cinder block
Police said the ambulance was returning to the Wise Avenue Volunteer Company with its emergency lights on when the car crashed into the rear driver’s side
Margaret Milewski was injured last Thursday when the Greater Pittston Regional Ambulance that was taking her to a hospital was struck head-on by a car
With the new safety standards, EMS providers can now use Wi-Fi or cellphones instead of CB radios to communicate
Mousa Chaban, 32, was partially ejected from the ambulance when it rolled onto its side after being struck by a car
The ambulance was taking the patient to the hospital when a slick road caused the driver to lose control
Police believe the man, who had been shot in the head, was attempting to drive himself to the hospital when the crash occurred
Fire officials said the ambulance was driving down the highway when a fire started in the engine compartment
Police said the ambulance was transporting a patient when the crash occurred, causing the buggy to flip on its side
Officials said the driver of the ambulance indicated that he hit a patch of ice before crashing into a guardrail
In 2013, a distracted driver killed Christina Dempsey’s sister, niece and the daughter of her sister’s fiancé
The ambulance was hit head-on about 30 minutes after leaving a fire scene
A crew was treating the patient when Sheldon Gokool allegedly tried to move the ambulance that was blocking his van
The first responders were transported to a hospital as another crew quickly extinguished the ambulance that was parked at the fire station
The crash totaled the New Plymouth Quick Response Unit’s only ambulance
Three years ago, a drunk driver hit an Allina Health ambulance head-on, seriously injuring two EMS providers and a patient on board
The EMS provider who was driving the ambulance told police the semi did not have its lights on while parked over the line on the side of the road near the exit.
The side of the vehicle was shorn off in the crash and the upside down gurney and inside of the ambulance was visible to those passing by
Vehicular homicide charges against Crystin Keys were dropped as part of the settlement
Officials said the pedestrian ran in front of the ambulance that was returning from a patient transport
The man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, criminal impersonation and leaving the scene of a property collision
Crews were transporting a patient to the hospital when a driver crashed into the ambulance and fled the scene
The crew was still inside when Adam Zaharick stole the ambulance, drove to a CVS and crashed it into a pole
Authorities said that one bus rear-ended a car, which caused a second bus to rear-end the first bus
While Erika Anderson was being loaded into an ambulance, a fire department vehicle was stolen
The woman, who had the right of way, was later charged with possession of marijuana and OWI
Officials said the ambulance collided with another car, causing it to go off the bridge and fall about 30 feet into a creek
Officials said EMT Krista McDonald was pronounced dead on the scene and another EMT was transported to the hospital in serious condition
The string of nearly 30 vehicles lined up to honor 24-year-old EMT Marina DeSteno Challeen
Marina DeSteno Challeen, 24, died after the ambulance she was riding in struck a stalled semi
