Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles
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“We have to stop allowing the ED to be the triage point for all patients reaching out to the EMS system”
A recent EMS1 poll of nearly 700 participants found a staggering majority were frequently unable to respond to calls due to a lack of ambulances
Monroe County Fire Rescue took the patient to an airport, and she received a blood transfusion during an air ambulance flight to Miami
Phillip Shane Bradford avoided being caught for six days and was taken into custody with three other people
Paramedics treated the child on scene and transported him to Falmouth Hospital
“We’ve had multiple situations because of how poorly maintained our fleet of vehicles is, where an ambulance will break down en route to critical calls,” the union president said
The driver of the truck that crashed with a Malta and McConnellsville Fire Department ambulance was pronounced dead at the scene
The EMS providers were transporting a cardiac arrest patient when their ambulance collided with a police vehicle and overturned
The patients were participating in a reality TV show called “Bad Girls Gone God” when some suffered heat-related illness
Vanessa Armstead was rescued from Irondequoit Bay last year, but the ambulance sank
Phillip Shane Bradford overpowered the sheriff’s deputy who took him to the hospital and fled in an ambulance, the sheriff’s office said
Sgt. Michael Daniel-Hagan became ill during a training exercise, was transported to a medical center with limited bed space and was being transferred
Baton Rouge police found that the EMS provider who had been driving the ambulance immediately rendered aid and took Kiyana Baskin, 20, to a hospital
Officials with the St. Charles County Ambulance District and the Metro West Fire District said they hope the technology improves safety and response times
All four EMTs were transported to a hospital after the crash that sent one rig careening into a building
James Lavelle Walley apologized Monday after pleading guilty to three counts of sexual battery and two counts of touching a child for lustful purposes
This week’s photo shows Advocate Children’s Hospital’s brand-new ambulance
“I’m at the end of my rope,” said Ricky Reeves, executive director of Granbury Hood County EMS in Texas, who would like to see state or federal level assistance
Locust Twp. Police Chief Allen Breach said that the EMS provider was riding in the back of the rig, and she and her partner were not transporting a patient
The ambulance was taken from Sherman Oaks Hospital and struck the other vehicles about three minutes later; none of the injuries were reported to be serious
EMT Delilah Wells, who was in the back of the rig, the patient who was being transported, and two people in the other vehicle were injured
No one was hurt in the incident, and the ambulance was found afterward
Firefighters freed the woman from underneath the vehicle and transported her to University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Putnam County EMS said that all injuries appear to be non-life-threatening and the ambulance crew was not transporting a patient at the time
The Poughkeepsie crew was utilizing the ambulance’s lights and siren when the incident occurred; the force of the impact caused the rig to crash into a streetlight and a fence
Syracuse members used ladders, ropes and pulleys to complete the rescue in about an hour; AMR transported the men
Police are looking for the person who got into the parked rig as providers were responding to a call
Listen as risk management expert Gordon Graham describes the dangers of not using a seat belt and all first responders’ responsibility to arrive safely
Board President Michael Redlener said that the best practices that come from the project will help every agency more safely respond to 911 calls
Lloyd Claycomb and the driver of the car that hit the rig were seriously injured; an EMS provider and a vehicle passenger had non-life-threatening injuries
A Sparta Township Fire Department crew was with a patient experiencing cardiac arrest when a second ambulance was called for the firefighter
Bushkill Emergency Medical Services employees said they left the ambulance parked when they took a patient into Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono
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