Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
Sinister mass casualty violent attacks require additional preplanning and post-MCI recovery efforts from EMS
To reduce the dying from active shooter incidents the killing and bleeding has to be stopped quicker
EMS providers must be prepared to protect their communities at a moment’s notice
Sheriff’s deputies were the last people to see the singer alive; they did a welfare check after he was seen huffing an inhalant on an Instagram live video
EMS providers transported several victims; FDNY firefighters searched the site with a robot dog and drones and used a tower ladder to remove a man from the roof
Fort Pierce police officers are investigating the fatal All County Ambulance incident
Abbott firefighters aided Horace Dan Wright, and EMS transported him to a hospital
A total of 18 EMS providers responded, and 25 Louisville Fire crewmembers assisted with treatment, triage and transport
Video evidence from the 2021 scene reportedly captured a provider saying, “She gave her the whole d*** thing . . . She wasn’t supposed to give her that much.”
The Office of National Drug Control Policy is requesting $11 million to develop a strategy to tackle xylazine’s spread, which includes seeking an antidote
After being transported to a hospital, tech executive Bob Lee died
Rescuers from multiple agencies responded; EMS providers transported a survivor by helicopter
More storms in the Midwest and South may bring additional twisters and hail
Some have been moving toward citing the causes that can contribute to such deaths, including police restraint, drug use and medical conditions
Madelene Smith’s suit says firefighters told her to drive her husband, Hugh Max Smith Jr., who later died after suffering a brain injury from a lack of oxygen
Three other firefighters and two civilians were injured at the scene
A driver plowed into a single car crash scene, killing EMT Matthew Madigan and the 36-year-old driver of the initial crashed vehicle
The downed craft was called to evacuate a hiker suffering from breathing problems and chest pains; the hiker was found and transported separately
In Belvidere, Ill., Fire Chief Shawn Schadle witnessed “absolute chaos” at a theater with a collapsed roof and 260 people at the venue
More than two dozen injured men were transported to hospitals in “delicate-serious condition,” said the National Immigration Institute in Ciudad Juarez
Efforts by FDs, EMS agencies, police departments, and the state’s search and rescue task moved from heat-imaging devices and drones to heavy machinery
The storm devastated the town of Rolling Fork, including the local hospital, which was forced to transfer patients to other medical centers
A fellow Pro Care EMS employee and an SUV driver were killed in the head-on collision
The workers were pronounced dead on scene, and EMS providers transported one patient to a medical center
William Dwyer stands by his officers’ decision to not wait for an ambulance and to rush the 4-month-old to the hospital
Peggy Finley’s attorney plans to continue seeking a bond reduction, but Peter Cadigan’s lawyer does not
A Pro Care EMS employee and the driver of the SUV were killed, and two people were injured, officials said
EMS providers transported the children and two adults to a hospital
The preliminary report did not include a probable cause for the Nevada crash that killed all five people aboard
Court documents allege that the providers failed to follow protocols when treating a man found lying against a snowbank
Community Volunteer Fire Department Firefighter-EMT Nahit Oral’s body will be flown back to his native country of Turkey
Two other people were transported by ambulance, and a third was airlifted to a hospital in Barrow County
Firefighter Walter Stewart lost his youngest and oldest kids following the deaths of their brother and mother
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