Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles
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There is a lot to learn from the Page, Wolfberg and Wirth examination of hospital bed delays and the rights of EMS to return to service
Lexipol’s Greg Friese, MS, NRP, joins Cebollero and Grayson to discuss the hot topics in 2022, from ambulance safety to provider burnout, and how to steer the EMS ship
The time has come for EMS leaders and clinicians to take a data-informed look at how we operate apparatus and the risks involved
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
A department helicopter hoisted victims up to waiting rescue vehicles
The crew was transporting a patient when the ambulance hit a utility pole in Chapel Hill
Dispatchers took more than 400 calls for injuries, drinking, vehicle crashes; the injured include a Galveston County Sheriff’s Office deputy
EMT Richard McMahon praised his partner’s response and said he expects to undergo “a lot of physical therapy but also emotional therapy”
Kevin Tirrel McCorvey is accused of having drugs, alcohol in his system and failing to properly secure the patient
In a letter, Interim Greene County EMS Director Zac Bolding told state officials the agency cannot make payroll
The EMT was working on the patient in the Richmond University Medical Center rig while en route when the patient pulled out a gun and shot the EMT in the back
“We have to stop allowing the ED to be the triage point for all patients reaching out to the EMS system”
The three Wyoming Medical Center staff members and two flight crew members were not seriously injured, and the patient was admitted to the hospital
A Stevens County Fire District 7 ambulance was rammed on the road, and District 2 reported the theft of a truck and equipment
Wilmington Fire and Rescue warned the public to “slow down and proceed with caution around emergency vehicles responding with their lights on”
The crew had been transporting a patient in Waukegan and rendered aid while other EMS providers were en route
A tractor-trailer hit the Brewster Fire Department ambulance, pushing it into a guardrail and median
Police found the stolen Mescalero Apache Tribe rig less than a mile away from a medical center, and they later found Dustin Poolaw
A driver reportedly ran a red light and crashed into two vehicles and an LAFD fire truck; a 76-year-old woman was transported and later died from her injuries
Police recaptured the man, and EMS treated and transported him
The organization also delivered generators and refrigerators for blood products
All five people involved were injured, but the first responders treated the other vehicle’s occupants
The trip from Jefferson Health-Abington hospital to a nursing home was less than 10 miles
Before calling EMS, Greer police found the man under a house
The donated satellite phones, medications, supplies and ambulances will go to first responders and medical centers
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