Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles
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A study found that 2.2 percent of shooting and stabbing patients who arrived in a private vehicle died versus 11.6 who were transported via ambulance
Recommendations to reduce lights and ambulance siren use to less than 50 percent of responses and 5 percent of transports presented during EMS Focus webinar
Every EMS unit poses the challenge of determining when it is no longer fiscally wise to continue maintaining the vehicle
The city of Lincoln donated an ambulance and 10 sets of gear to Belle-Anse, a community that has no hospital or emergency transportation
Hamilton Fire Chief Mark Mercer said that move will shave as many as four minutes off of many emergency medic runs to places further west of Station 21
Responding to individual emergencies comes naturally for EMS personnel, but what about mass casualty incidents?
The issue dogged Augusta officials as a church complained about the current provider and commissioners clashed over the process to pick the next one
The first ambulance was on the way to a patient when it was hit, and the second was taking the same patient to the hospital when the attack occurred
The new system helps drivers give emergency vehicles a route through traffic by forming an “emergency corridor”
You may have seen ambulances with a few modifications here and there, but these strange rigs are in a class of their own
The $1.03M SAFER grant would allow the Canton Fire Department to hire 10 new responders and regularly operate four ambulances
Proposition 11 asks voters to give private ambulance companies the power to keep their workers on duty during meal and rest breaks
An EMS crew was responding to an injury on the field during a Brazilian soccer match when their rig refused to start, requiring the athletes to give it a push-start
Chest compression machines will be placed on ambulances throughout the county and eliminate the possibility of minor mistakes when a human performs CPR
A note left on the windshield of an ambulance blocking a driveway in England encouraged the EMS crew to enjoy their day, with money attached for a coffee stop
The boy and three friends failed to stop at a red light and hit an AREA Services Ambulance
Some ambulance companies are worried that a statewide license for the children’s hospital would open the door to multiple statewide licenses for ground ambulances
Surveillance footage shows the man drawing swastikas on an ambulance and walking away
Our co-hosts answer an email from a listener asking for help in transitioning to a position of power from the fire truck
East Midlands Ambulance Service said one of their paramedic crews was asked to “have some consideration” about where they park
Manatee County EMS is hoping to relieve fatigued EMS providers by decreasing the number of ambulances making nighttime runs in a year-long program
After Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the increase in ambulances, mayoral challenger Paul Vallas promised to add 25 more if he is elected
Ellsworth officials are studying whether to partner with a private ambulance company or start their own service
Footage shows a parking attendant arguing about whether or not the paramedics were on call and tried to get the paramedic to move
Joshua Bragg is back in custody after he unbuckled himself from a cot and jumped out of the back of an ambulance while on medical furlough
The higher than normal air conditioner failure rate is a “real challenge for both patient and first responder”
A man who said he was shot while driving on a Massachusetts highway flagged down a passing ambulance for treatment
Police will use the ambulance to process evidence easier at crime scenes, and will also use it as a mobile command post
Records showed that dozens of Medic ambulances in Charlotte had engine-related issues while responding to calls and transporting patients
After photos emerged on social media of fans damaging the ambulance during celebrations, over $12,000 has been raised through crowdsharing to fix it
“While we understand things break, when it becomes the norm not the exception is when the alarm needs to be sounded,” union president Patrick Lancton said
“Essentially a company shows up, there’s no oversight ... there’s no anything,” Decatur Fire Department Chief Jeff Abbott said
The woman said she did not want an ambulance called after her leg was cut down to the bone because she did not want to pay for it