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.
Harnessing next-generation clinical guidance to reduce chaos and enhance confidence for EMS providers
Move with purpose to prevent an apparatus crash, slip or fall, and protect the patient from increased discomfort
Insufficient sleep impacts decision-making, wellness and risk-taking, putting providers and patients at risk
Texting and other distractions while using smartphones were believed to be part of the cause, as well as drunken, drugged and drowsy driving
A traffic stop led to a highway chase that ended with a fiery crash involving a school bus and a trooper with a gunshot wound
In EMS every decision we make is layered with risks and benefits which need to be considered
A man driving an SUV was seriously injured when the ambulance crashed into his car
The two paramedics said they were acting with the best intentions when they followed the driver
Paramedics involved in the Illinois crash continued treating the patient they were transporting before more responders arrived on scene
A firefighter and sheriff’s deputy suffered minor injuries in the incident
Why focusing solely on line-of-duty deaths is doing a disservice to the health and wellness of those in the industry
Medics tried to save a 50-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl who were travelling in a small car
A car didn’t yield at an intersection to the ambulance that was travelling with lights and sirens activated
Rick Hartley, 63, was killed Friday in a crash involving his ambulance and a tractor
John Mackey was critically injured in the line of duty after his ambulance collided with another vehicle
Rick Hartley, 63, is remembered as a local hero who went out of his way to help others
The collision caused the gurney in the back of the ambulance to roll out of place and pin a paramedic against the wall
A car ran a red light at a high rate of speed, crashing into another car and leading to the multiple-vehicle collision
The ambulance was on its way to a call with lights and siren activated
After a fight with other women, a 24-year-old is dragged by a car on a highway
Brian Bigelow, 22, swerved to miss a deer and suffered serious head injuries
Emergency responders cut the man, who failed to stop at a red light, from the car about 30 minutes after the crash
An EMS commander and another person were injured in a vehicle crash involving an ambulance
The man is in serious condition after running in front of the ambulance, which did not have lights and sirens activated
The EMS agency was already replacing two trucks, but this ambulance wasn’t one of them
The fire truck was struck while protecting the scene were medics and a rescue squad worked a vehicle crash
After an ambulance crashed with a car, which ended up on its roof, medics from the same ambulance treated the passengers
The driver was allegedly reading a newspaper article on her phone while driving
The woman was in a hospital in police custody when she used an ambulance to escape and later crashed it
The EMT was thrown out of the ambulance when the EMS provider who was driving fell asleep at the wheel
Two Va. EMS providers and the car driver, who faces charges, were injured
Paramedics were helping a patient when the car crashed into their parked ambulance
The EMS provider was cited for reckless driving after he fell asleep while driving, causing the vehicle to run off the road
