Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
Breaking down police, fire rescue, EMS roles in a traffic incident management system
Key takeaways and lessons learned from the 2018 mass shooting event at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago
In this episode learn the 5 diagnoses for altered mental status that can kill your patient emergently
EMS Captain Edgar Baez and Lieutenant Alison Russo used to respond to calls together in the Bronx decades ago
31 residents died in the Christmas 2022 storm that dumped over 50-inches of snow with hurricane-force winds
Kevin McCorvey admitted to smoking marijuana, taking Adderall and drinking beer before driving the ambulance
4 patients in the Aurora crash were flown to hospitals
First responders in Sacramento arrived to find a total of 11 patients with serious injuries
Wichita FD divers were able to extricate the man, who was submerged for over an hour, but resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful
Multiple departments responded to a crash in Barron County that killed two people and critically injured three
Bags of cement went flying and one crashed through the windshield of a car, killing a passenger
AMR was at “level zero” while firefighters were treating the victim for nearly 30 minutes
A 3-year-old has burns over 25% of his body after blast injured another child and killed three people
An unfinished two-story house in Conroe collapsed on workers, trapping them under piles of lumber
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said the father and teens were going through a relative’s possessions when they found the grenade and the father pulled the pin
Children of the patient killed in the April crash say the EMT failed to maintain control of the ambulance
A 74-year-old patient died after head-on collision involving a Regional Paramedical Services ambulance
Cherlyn Schaefer said she fought to save cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ life and that the trauma and distress that followed made her leave the profession
LaDamonyon “DeeDee” Hall, 47, died in 2022 after police and EMS providers responding to a reported disturbance handcuffed and transported her
The medical examiner’s office ruled Jesse Reed’s death a “suspected homicide” with “blunt force injuries” listed as a contributing cause of his death
Matthew Madigan was assisting a driver on the shoulder of the road when police say another driver lost control of his vehicle and struck the pair
Train your communities to identify, call out and respond to active threats
Long Beach Police found the abandoned fire ambulance crashed into a telephone pole, less than a half-mile from a deadly fire
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department crewmembers rendered aid before the woman was pronounced dead, police said
Brownsville EMS providers transported several injured people to hospitals
One woman was pronounced dead at the scene; EMS providers transported four people to hospitals
Crews from several agencies responded to Guadalupe Mountains National Park
EMTs responded quickly and transported the girl to a Sarasota hospital
Cheney EMS providers transported the boy to a hospital, where he died
The patient died at the scene, and the Johnson County Ambulance District medic who was in the back suffered lacerations to his head
Charleston County EMS and multiple police departments responded
The hole was very unstable, said Greene County Ambulance Service, which worked with crews from the Eutaw and Tuscaloosa fire departments
Medex EMS providers rendered aid on scene after the rider was ejected from the bike
