Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles
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Here’s why locking the ambulance should be a policy for every agency and a habit for every EMS provider, like wearing a seatbelt
A comic for EMS drawing off the real experiences of EMS
The vehicle, operated by an FDNY EMS lieutenant and paramedic, was stolen for about half hour.
The idea behind a pink ambulance sporting breast cancer awareness ribbons is that it will strike up conversations and spread a pro-mammogram message to the community.
Jeremiah Brown was responding to a call when the ambulance he was in collided with a pickup truck last year.
Officials said the ambulance was not on a call and was not transporting a patient at the time of the crash.
A judge ruled last week the ambulance crew was responsible for an incorrect IV insertion, causing Lee Roy Bember pain and emergency surgery
Fire company officials said a man stole the ambulance that was parked in front of the fire station
A pickup truck struck the ambulance before veering off the side of the road
The man was able to cast his vote curbside after he tripped and sustained a head wound
The department wants to buy a third power cot and loader and a chest compressor for the city’s third ambulance
The woman stole the ambulance while the crew was inside a medical center with a patient
The fire chief said the new additions will not only help save lives, but honor the military while doing so
The ambulance includes a new patient-lifting system, which will help EMS personnel avoid injury while loading patients
The ambulance was transporting a patient to a hospital when the crash occurred
The ambulance was transporting a patient and had its lights and sirens activated while crossing the intersection
In addition to the ABCDs, fire apparatus need to carry Class K extinguishers for residential and commercial response
The ambulance was transporting a patient when the crash occurred
Officials were at odds regarding the appeal, and some argued the case needed to be decided by a higher court
Destiny Noella McNeil, 19, pleaded no contest to felony charges of theft, fleeing and simple assault
The motorcyclist was transported to a hospital, where he was treated and later released
An official said emergency response vehicles cannot enter an intersection against the traffic light unless “it is safe to do so”
The change was spurred by an ambulance that was hit head-on in 2014, severely injuring two paramedics and fatally injuring the driver of an SUV
The hospital also dealt with a drunk driver patient jumping out of an ambulance
The service will begin asking overdose patients for their preferred funeral home should they not survive their next overdose
The boy was transported to the hospital; he’s in serious but stable condition
The agency reached an agreement a year ago with the Reedsville Volunteer Fire Department to place an ambulance and crew at the fire hall
The ambulance was transporting a patient when it was struck by an SUV
Two people were transported to the hospital for treatment
The ambulances will carry CT scanners, cameras for communicating with stroke neurologists and medication that can begin to dissolve clots and restore blood flow to the brain
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