Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles
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Sixteen-year-old had to wait an hour and 40 minutes for an ambulance after he suffered a serious leg injury
The Pittsfield Ambulance Review Committee has been considering whether there should be one or two providers for the city and recently chose to use an open-bid process
Police said that a 50-year-old man jumped in the ambulance that was parked on Manor Street on the city’s west side around 6:45 a.m. and sped away
Since 2004, city figures show paramedic calls have gone up at least 15 per cent
EMS responders took 5 crash victims to the hospital and one with life-threatening injuries was taken by med-flight helicopter
Nearly all ambulance transport is now done by a Rural/Metro Ambulance under contract, but the city wants to take over much of the work
First responders used all-terrain vehicles to reach the crash site and it took 90 minutes to get the pilot to an ambulance
Reducing the numbers of people being admitted to hospital is estimated to save the NHS around GBP13 million a year
Now rescue workers are icing heart-attack patients in the ambulance
It was unclear how serious the injuries were for the victims who were taken to hospitals
Vehicle was transporting a patient Wednesday morning when it crashed over a 51-foot embankment
The man claims that Riverside paramedics ‘negligently’ forgot to put the ambulance in park while responding to a call in his neighborhood, which led to the crash
Ambulances in Memphis are now equipped with coolers used to chill saline solution to help treat people who have suffered cardiac arrest
Pilot says wind responsible for loss of control and the 2 men walked away from it with only minor injuries
Vehicle blew over attending a crash in which a van had been blown on its side in severe winds
First responders rushed the boy and his father to the local hospital, where the boy died
A specialized private ambulance designed to handle patients who weigh up to 1,500 pounds makes about 350 trips a year
Woman cut the seat belt and held woman’s head up until paramedics arrived
Driver died after emergency responders removed her from the 2007 Ford F350 bus
Official: ‘By not having a second ambulance, we missed out on approximately 40 ambulance calls last year’
Driver says he didn’t see the man until he hit the windshield
EMS workers were transporting a patient when their ambulance went off the road and into a ravine
City officials described it as ‘a new milestone’ in public-private EMS cooperation
Witnesses told police that the ambulance had almost made a complete stop before entering the intersection when it was hit by an SUV
The rehab vehicle is a former ambulance that was used by the Bedford Fire Department
Eight ambulances were needed to transport injured passengers to hospitals
The police vehicle struck the left rear side of the ambulance, causing extensive damage to both vehicles
Insurance, Medicare refuse to pay for man’s trip to the hospital
A working group made up of representatives from various agencies is looking to improve safety levels for children being taken to the hospital
Emergency vehicle transporting a patient; driver, passenger in personal car both died at scene