Ambulances and Emergency Vehicles
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Learn the role emergency responders play in treating and transporting patients who call 911 for help
What’s unique about the ambulance is that has four doors, built on a Dodge B4500 Quad Cab Chassis
Advocating for change is the only way to make EMS hopes and predictions a reality for the year ahead
Reduced Affordable Care Act funding for non-emergency transports put the county’s last private ambulance company out of business after 18 years
The service denied a claim filed by a woman who says they failed to correctly diagnose and treat her husband’s medical condition and he died because of it
The ambulance crashed into a deputy’s vehicle that stopped to block traffic at an intersection; the cardiac arrest patient died
The unique emits a low frequency rumble, and works in addition to the main siren to warn drivers
The Australian left a trail of blood as a witness tried to stop him and called an ambulance
He was discovered inside his truck at Harriman State Park where he was on duty snowplowing
EMS workers have been encouraged to talk about the traumatic collision that killed four, including the baby’s mother
Zavier Stephan Morgan Pestana was born prematurely as rescuers gave him CPR on the way to the hospital
He allegedly exposed himself to the woman, placed her hand on his genitals inside an ambulance, and pushed the woman onto a gurney and fondled her, police say
Three were also injured in the third deadly slide in the state in less than a week
He quickly called 911 when his little sister began choking on a grape; a passerby performed CPR and the 3-year-old has made a full recovery
The 6-pound, 6-ounce baby boy was delivered by c-section after a pregnant NY woman loading groceries into her car was struck and killed by a snowplow
It took them 90 minutes and all the salt and kitty-litter they could find, but they finally got the ambulance up the hill to transport a woman to the hospital
Sixty percent of the state’s approximately 200 rural ambulance services are volunteers, and the population is aging with few recruits
Jamie Coots, who appeared on the National Geographic reality show “Snake Salvation” died an hour after emergency workers left his home
The injuries of all four women were described as serious but not life-threatening after a crash around mile 20 of the 25-mile race
9 ambulances were held up at an ER for up to 3 1/2 hours
A Conn. couple was on the way to the hospital when her water broke at a red light; the baby was crowning when an ambulance arrived
A Humvee transported the patient to a waiting ambulance, then pulled out the trapped ambulance and fire truck
US Ambulance Corp. plans to add 126 positions to the 473 it has at its Winter Park factory, which is already the largest single ambulance-making site in the world
A partnership is looking more like a major change in ambulance services, and seems to follow a pattern of takeovers where other EMS workers were let go
Brian Nagel, 30, was helping to transport a patient when an SUV collided head-on with the ambulance; nearly a month later he will return home
The medic has been struck off after making a bogus radio call about a baby not breathing in order to leave him; he was suffering from a blood clot on his spine
He was hit by the sled at the finish line during a training session; he suffered two broken legs and is set to undergo surgery
He was spotted by a good Samaritan; rescuers used a rope to pull him to the roadside and he was taken by ambulance to a local hosptal
Raymond Bernard Allison, 52, died when an ambulance crashed on an icy road; the patient and his brother were also killed and the EMT driving was injured
We treat the patient with flu-like symptoms with the same urgency as one with acute congestive heart failure; this equal application of the standard doesn’t make sense
