Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles
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Here are a few important considerations for selecting the lighting package for your next ambulance
Currently, Iowa does not consider emergency medical services an essential service; rural ambulance are funded with donations
The driver crashed into the ambulance as it was coming out of a parking lot with lights and sirens blaring, and a patient on board
All five people were taken to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries
After officials noticed some medication missing, a video camera was used to catch another theft
EMS took two people to a hospital for treatment and the ambulance crew was also checked out
The woman faked a seizure while being arrested for stealing a car, and then pulled a hidden gun in the ambulance
The medics and SUV driver that hit them were taken to a hospital; a fire truck and police vehicle were also hit while blocking traffic at the scene
The medic was punched repeatedly and thrown across the ambulance before the drunk patient fled
Oregon City Police Officer Robert Libke, 41, was shot by an 88-year-old man who set fire to his house
It has improved restraints for patients and medics; it also has a finger print ID system to prevent people from stealing narcotics out of the ambulance
The agency is moving quickly to replace 20 defective sensors that can prevent the engine from starting
The paramedics were taken to the hospital as a precaution; the car’s driver was taken to a hospital for unspecified injuries
The driver of the SUV fled after the crash and the patient and two medics are being treated for minor injuries
San Diego Fire-Rescue chief wants to change the system so that he oversees the ambulances serving the city
They could find no mechanical reason for the malfunction; it may have been caused by human error
A faulty exhaust gas temperature sensor can cause the engines to stop and not be restarted for at least an hour
Of those accidents, 70 percent of the time the ambulance wasn’t running lights and sirens
The decomissioned ambulance was being used to haul dive equipment and rolled backward down a boat ramp
County EMS gets priced out of city’s fire house — after the Bonita (Fla.) fire department lost a legal motion to run EMS services itself
The city is expected to put a contract up for bid, but the fire department will not be allowed to submit
The Las Vegas family had purchased the ambuance to transport their disabled son lying down
Although the medic was driving the ambulance to an emergency, policy says to stop at red lights and look both ways
They stood in front of the vehicle until police arrived on the scene and arrested the man
Both volunteers are still in critical condition after being thrown while treating a patient