Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles
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It’s alarmingly simple for someone with criminal intent to get into the medical transportation business, which could lead more regulations and less reimbursement
Ten-year-old girls shouldn’t wear the same expression as their mothers on the way to the hospital
The unexpected staff shortage caused the temporary suspension of four of the 22 units on the island of Oahu.
An ambulance and vehicle collision immediately transforms an incident from the patient’s emergency to an emergency shared with the EMS crew
The ambulance had just been put into service when crews received a call for a woman in labor
Two EMTs were inside the ambulance on the way to a call when a single bullet struck the vehicle
Psychiatric patient transfers take ambulance crews out of the communities they are supposed to serve for hours at a time
Acquisition expands REACH to 570 employees operating a fleet of 18 medical helicopters, 9 airplanes, and 9 ground ambulances
Pa. township awarded $245,000 to purchase a new ambulance, police cars, and defibrillators
The new vehicle is a faster and easier way to get multiple patients to the hospital
Nearly $200,000 per unit received from the community to replace two units totaled in a parking garage fire
The unattended child was transported by the ambulance crew and is reported as alert with serious injuries
A recently certified EMT came upon the crash, and immediately began care for two paramedics and a patient who were injured
2 paramedics were inside treating a patient with shortness of breath when a single bullet hit the ambulance
The ‘very intoxicated’ woman was told to leave her job at Wendy’s where she then stole an ambulance idling in the parking lot
Renault Twizy Cargo is platform for electrical-vehicle to bring emergency care in busy, congested areas before ambulance arrives
The truck has a kitchen inside the rig and a restaurant in the back; the menu caters to the sweet and the savory
An ambulance took 48 minutes to arrive on scene after an elderly woman trying to park crashed into the building
A Canadian paramedics’ union claims a new policy to equip ambulances with cameras that can view the road and the inside of the cab is breaching privacy laws
The crew, patient and a family member were able to escape the ambulance and cross to dry ground
The man complained of having an asthma attack while being taken into custody; he was Tasered twice when he tried to escape and later died in a hospital
There was no shoulder on the road, and she hit the ambulance when pulling into a driveway
She woke up as the ambulance was going off the road, hit a light pole and crashed down an embankment
There were no injuries and it’s unclear if either of the vehicles was the intended target
It was approved after several elderly residents refused an ambulance because they couldn’t afford the bill
They allegedly provided deeply discounted ambulance services to health care facilities in exchange for Medicare patient referrals
Ambulance continues to hospital despite damage and injury to the driver; SUV driver also injured in the collision
They immediately confessed to driving the ambulance around the block, and broke a sideview mirror when returning the vehicle
Responders worked together for 7 hours to extricate and transport a woman weighing 840 pounds
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