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.
EMS veteran Mark Postma joins Rob Lawrence to unpack the latest vehicle standards and share why ambulance security can’t be an afterthought
An ambulance is stolen in the U.S. once every 2 weeks … and we are to blame!
Text-message study links early-morning fatigue spikes, call volume and naps to crew alertness
An investigation has been launched after a girl in elementary school was injured when her backpack got stuck in the door of the bus as she was getting off the vehicle
The wrong-way driver, 2 ambulance crew members, and ambulance patient were transported to a hospital for evaluation
The truck driver and the woman who reportedly stole the ambulance were reported dead; an investigation is underway
All 47 passengers that were onboard are unharmed and were able to retrieve all their belongings
A 17-year-old allegedly hit the van at 100 mph, sending it crashing into the ambulance it was following
There were multiple reports of aggressive driving by the EMT, and the incident ended with him and the passenger in another vehicle displaying guns outside the EMS station where he worked
There was no shoulder on the road, and she hit the ambulance when pulling into a driveway
She woke up as the ambulance was going off the road, hit a light pole and crashed down an embankment
Ambulance continues to hospital despite damage and injury to the driver; SUV driver also injured in the collision
They immediately confessed to driving the ambulance around the block, and broke a sideview mirror when returning the vehicle
Here’s a look at how the rules are changing, training for oil train crashes, and some of the more recent crashes around the country
He responded to a call for woman who was knocked off her bike by a van
The vehicle went up in flames moments after the crew dropped off a patient
The county’s EMS chief describes the cheaper, lighter and more compact vehicle that includes unique safety features as “the most innovative ambulance design in 40 years”
The European Union will require all new vehicles be retrofitted by 2018 with crash sensors that transmit the location, time, direction and number of people in the vehicle
The 21-year-old was hit around 4 a.m. as the ambulance was returning from an emergency call
Cabell County EMS says the ambulance had lights and sirens running when it struck a 16-year-old crossing a busy street by his home
The rig’s driver and a paramedic stopped the truck to evaluate the firefighter until another EMS unit arrived on scene
Two trucks crashed in dense fog on Interstate 80, causing a chain reaction crash that also injured 16 people and caused a tanker truck to catch fire
A chair with a harness on the right side will allow EMTs to be safely secured while treating patients during transport
Officials will present detailed investigations of individual incidents to help EMS providers better understand and prevent ambulance crashes
Ambulance en route to the crash scene for the overturned fire truck also involved in an accident
He was trapped inside the unit following a collision with a minivan, and complained of chest pains
The guidebooks recommend ambulance physical design standards and procedures while operating an ambulance
Video captures the ambulance engulfed in flames and loud explosions are heard as firefighters begin suppression
She lost control of the vehicle, went over the shoulder of the road and plunged several hundred feet over an embankment
