Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles
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The 6-pound, 6-ounce baby boy was delivered by c-section after a pregnant NY woman loading groceries into her car was struck and killed by a snowplow
It took them 90 minutes and all the salt and kitty-litter they could find, but they finally got the ambulance up the hill to transport a woman to the hospital
Sixty percent of the state’s approximately 200 rural ambulance services are volunteers, and the population is aging with few recruits
Jamie Coots, who appeared on the National Geographic reality show “Snake Salvation” died an hour after emergency workers left his home
The injuries of all four women were described as serious but not life-threatening after a crash around mile 20 of the 25-mile race
9 ambulances were held up at an ER for up to 3 1/2 hours
A Conn. couple was on the way to the hospital when her water broke at a red light; the baby was crowning when an ambulance arrived
A Humvee transported the patient to a waiting ambulance, then pulled out the trapped ambulance and fire truck
US Ambulance Corp. plans to add 126 positions to the 473 it has at its Winter Park factory, which is already the largest single ambulance-making site in the world
A partnership is looking more like a major change in ambulance services, and seems to follow a pattern of takeovers where other EMS workers were let go
Brian Nagel, 30, was helping to transport a patient when an SUV collided head-on with the ambulance; nearly a month later he will return home
The medic has been struck off after making a bogus radio call about a baby not breathing in order to leave him; he was suffering from a blood clot on his spine
He was hit by the sled at the finish line during a training session; he suffered two broken legs and is set to undergo surgery
He was spotted by a good Samaritan; rescuers used a rope to pull him to the roadside and he was taken by ambulance to a local hosptal
Raymond Bernard Allison, 52, died when an ambulance crashed on an icy road; the patient and his brother were also killed and the EMT driving was injured
We treat the patient with flu-like symptoms with the same urgency as one with acute congestive heart failure; this equal application of the standard doesn’t make sense
The 48-year-old was jailed after he tried to strangle an EMT on an ambulance, and threatened a nurse at the ER
The patient was pulled out of the burning rig and two crew members suffered smoke inhalation
DEMSI hasn’t met requirements since workers walked off the job for three hours Friday; meanwhile, First Response declined a call after an argument over location
City audit found response times below NFPA standards, medics say there’s not enough ambulances
There are reports the ambulance ran a red light while responding to a call
He made a threat to the rescue crew as they were pulling up to the ER; a police dog and bomb unit clear the hospital and he will be charged
Employees apparently staged a brief walkout to protest erratic paydays; its ambulances were out of service for upward of three hours
The medic was asleep in the vehicle’s rear but was able to jump out when the ambulance slowed near an intersection
The crew had just responded to call for a four-month-old child who was deceased and were transporting her body
The EMT driving the ambulance, a medic and patient were all transported to a hospital with minor injuries
Getting patients in and out of the house and into the ambulance can sometimes become very difficult, because of the large amounts of snow and drifts
With the 2015 retirement of the KKK specifications, companies are using safety crash tests and ergonomic studies to develop new standards and designs
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