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.
Hosts Chris and Kelly give advice to a new EMT on best driving practices to avoid becoming an ambulance crash statistic
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson highlight the dangers of working long hours
Add your tips to this list of ideas on avoiding a collision with pedestrians
A commuter captured the incident on video during peak rush hour last Thursday
The bus hit the fire truck and a pickup truck, knocking three firefighters standing near the guard rail into the water below
The patient was taken to the hospital by another ambulance
EMS Authority of Okla. uses “Howler” sirens which drivers can feel up to 200 feet away
Every ground ambulance and helicopter crash has different causal factors, but we must look at system design and safety behaviors to prevent further crashes
Authorities said recent flooding had caused the bridge’s support beams to rot
The woman was cooperative with paramedics before unbuckling her seatbelt and leaving the ambulance
Tim Hoffman was riding in the back of an ambulance when it collided with a pickup truck
A drunk driver in a pickup truck collided with an AMR ambulance in Michigan
The driver ran a red light at an intersection, where he crashed into the ambulance
The ambulance veered off the road into an embankment
The ambulance crashed head-on with a truck after swerving to avoid a different crash
The EMT was taken to a hospital with minor injuries
The couple was able to cut the paramedics’ seat belts and first responders had to cut tree limbs to reach the patient
The ambulance was crossing through a red light when it crashed into a pickup truck
The N.M. ambulance was crossing an intersection when it crashed with a truck
A Montana BMW driver ran a red light, hitting an AMR ambulance with four people in it
Two Acadian Ambulance EMTs and two bystanders were struck while tending to an accident victim
Officials said the tanker truck did not stop and yield to an ambulance that had its lights and sirens on
A man who had been stabbed by his wife died when the ambulance collided with another vehicle en route to the hospital
The ambulance was running lights and sirens at the time of the crash; the patient did not suffer further injuries
Two of the three members of the ambulance crew were taken to an area hospital after another vehicle hit the ambulance
Police are investigating the driver’s interference of the ambulance which was transporting a patient
The ambulance was T-boned by a vehicle which ran a red light
A driver disregarded a traffic signal and collided with the ambulance
Without knowing the root cause of the behavior problem, fixing it is sheer luck
Police used a tracking system inside the vehicle to pinpoint the fleeing driver as she careened through city streets, slamming into several vehicles
EMS providers and civilians escaped serious injuries in three different ambulance collisions
