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.
Recommendations to reduce lights and ambulance siren use to less than 50 percent of responses and 5 percent of transports presented during EMS Focus webinar
If the EMS profession truly wants to prioritize safety, we must address distracted driving and all the ways we currently make it worse
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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
Officials said the driver of the ambulance, paramedic Susanna Kelly, was also injured but is expected to survive her injuries
The ambulance hit a parked car, which hit another car and pushed it into a home, causing damage to an outside wall
Officials said an ambulance headed to one call crashed into a Vallejo Fire Department Ford Explorer headed to another call
Dump truck driver Jerry Clark said he was unaware the ambulance was approaching when he turned
Matt Deicher died from injuries he suffered in a 2003 ambulance rollover
The ambulance T-boned a car while going through a red light; no EMS providers were injured in the crash
Some parents took children to be checked for injuries, in addition to the three taken by ambulances
The ambulance was responding to a crash caused by a road rage incident between a couple in two different vehicles
Officials said the ambulance did not stop when it was told to do so, causing an incident that forced NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth out of the race
Reports said a calf and an elk died after jumping over a highway median and colliding with an ambulance
After a power pole fell on the patrol car, the two responders were stuck inside for two hours before workers could disconnect the line
Witnesses said the driver of the ambulance was speeding and swerving like a drunk driver
A large moving van struck the rear of the ambulance during a thunderstorm with heavy rains
The ambulance was transporting a patient when the garbage truck hit it from behind, totaling the vehicle
Officials said a tractor-trailer failed to stop and hit vehicles stopped due to a previous crash
The paramedic was responding to a cardiac arrest call when the vehicle rolled over
The ambulance was en route to a medical call when the crash occurred, trapping the paramedic on the passenger side
Jeffrey Gable faces two counts of vehicular homicide, aggravated assault by vehicle and two counts of reckless endangerment
Kelsey Cox was being transported to a mental health facility when she jumped out onto the highway
Carolyn Koch, 66, died from a head injury after the ambulance rolled over
Lesley Bricker, 16, failed to stop at an intersection drove into the path of a pickup truck, who was unable to avoid the crash
The ambulance was near an intersection when the two vehicles collided
The driver of the minivan was seriously injured; two paramedics were taken to a hospital
This is the third incident in Maine of an EMS provider falling asleep at the wheel in the last 30 days
The two trainees were transported to the hospital with unknown injuries
The ambulance was returning from a call when the crash occurred
Jauuriah Solomon, 20, and Deondre Northern, 19, were traveling at a high speed when they hit the rear of the ambulance
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