Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
A structure collapse response is going to be bigger than just your crew, so requesting ample resources early can go a long way as technical rescue teams assemble
Designating specific roles and other tips to make the hardest part of the job a bit easier
Is death notification training associated with decreased burnout among EMS professionals?
Officials said the ambulance collided with another car, causing it to go off the bridge and fall about 30 feet into a creek
Officials said EMT Krista McDonald was pronounced dead on the scene and another EMT was transported to the hospital in serious condition
“It was the most gut-wrenching, heartbreaking thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” Paul Henssen said
Since she was a big fan, Marina DeSteno Challeen’s partner wants to bring the Flash costume to her funeral
After the death of Eric Shannon, AEDs will be given to coaches during practices and games
The lawsuit said the man died from a stroke after the ambulance took 45 minutes to arrive, but officials said the ambulance took less than half that time
Thirty-one people have died and at least 3,500 homes and businesses have been destroyed
Justin Junk, 34, died after suffering from tumors and undergoing numerous operations
The string of nearly 30 vehicles lined up to honor 24-year-old EMT Marina DeSteno Challeen
Marina DeSteno Challeen, 24, died after the ambulance she was riding in struck a stalled semi
Kevin Liang’s family is looking for the suspect who fatally hit him while he was riding his motorcycle on a bridge
Officials said at least 11 people have been killed, hundreds injured and 1,500 homes and businesses destroyed
Jon-Marc Chandler was hit by a pickup truck while he was riding his motorcycle
Jose Gonzalez, who is charged with running over Yadira Arroyo, stood by his attorney as she announced the plan to file a psychiatric notice
Kevin Laing, 27, was crossing a bridge on his motorcycle when he was struck, causing him to fall and hit the pavement
“Our unity cannot be shattered by evil, our bonds cannot be broken by violence,” the president said
Lindsay Padgett and her fiancé loaded her truck with five wounded victims and five others who were treating them
The crash killed the pilot, sheriff’s deputy Eddy Sizemore, flight paramedic Herman Dobbs and flight nurse Jesse Jones
A massive new hunk of granite broke off Thursday at the park’s mountaineering mecca of El Capitan
Matthew McCree, 15, was fatally stabbed in the chest; a 16-year-old was also stabbed in the chest and side and was hospitalized in critical but stable condition
Officials confirmed William Gray, a semi-truck driver and reserve police officer in Idaho, died late Monday night
Darrell Lumpkin died of a heart condition after being in the hospital for several weeks
In the 911 recordings, a distraught Dina Markham told a dispatcher that her husband, Donald Markham, was unresponsive and bleeding from his head
Matt Deicher died from injuries he suffered in a 2003 ambulance rollover
After showing up naked and covered in mud on a neighbor’s doorstep and telling him he had just killed four people, Orion Krause told officers, “I freed them”
Overdose deaths rose to 1,631 in Tennessee in 2016, more than double what was seen statewide just five years ago
Two buses carrying other children were ahead of the smaller bus that was struck
A mix of neighborhood volunteers, police and firefighters used trained dogs and their bare hands to search through ruins
The man’s vehicle crossed the center line of the highway and collided with four motorcyclists traveling in a group
The nursing home listed a backup nursing home and an EMS agency in its hurricane plan, but reps for both companies say they never got a call
