Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
A gut check on the serious business of billing for patients deceased on scene
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Designating specific roles and other tips to make the hardest part of the job a bit easier
Officer Vernon Alston, 44, died of a massive heart attack; it took an ambulance about 30 minutes to reach him
Mark Pruitt arrested for killing Pulaski Volunteer Fire Department Lt. Jason Adams, 29, who was responding to a medical emergency call
The shooter was arrested by police outside a school where he shot his daughter and a teacher
Jason Adams, 29, was responding to a patient with a seizure; officials said he may have been mistaken as an intruder by the patient
The dispatcher who sent the first ambulance on scene didn’t mention to responders that the patient was in cardiac arrest
Several other victims suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene in San Jose
Police say Tony Schmucker, 37, had a medical emergency causing him to veer off the road
The woman died in her home hours after returning from the ER with a prescription for opioid painkillers
The bus veered into the opposite lane, rammed through a guardrail and slid down the mountainside
The victims were believed to be an adult and four children
Two high school students and a Ukrainian skier died in the accident
Joshua Woods, 24, was responding to a cardiac arrest call; he lost control of his vehicle and hit a tree
The elderly man was being transported from the hospital to his home when the ambulance collided with a tractor trailer in white-out conditions
The driver who ran a red light, causing the 3-vehicle crash, is in a Kansas jail awaiting charges
The man’s family is suing the medics and ambulance company for taking the 26-year-old to jail instead of the hospital
The woman lost control of her car on an icy road and crossed into the oncoming lane, crashing into the ambulance head on
Crews arrived to see police with what they presumed to be their patient on the ground; they saw the patient didn’t need medical care and went back to their station
A man set the bus on fire over a financial dispute and then escaped from a window
The EMS provider was stabbed in the neck while attending a call
The 6.7-magnitude tremor left large cracks in walls, damaged a bridge on the outskirts of the capital and caused a newly constructed six-story building to collapse
Watch video of ‘Deceit & I’ by spoken word artist R.J. Walker
LaShondra Whitaker, 32, and seven others died in tornado-related traffic accidents Saturday
On Christmas Day Joshua Burwell, 33, slipped and fell 40 feet from a San Diego beach cliff
Days of tumultuous weather have led to 36 deaths overall — those in Texas and Illinois, one in Missouri and 19 in the Southeast
Emergency officials blamed the severe weather for injuring scores of others and destroying dozens of cars, homes and businesses
Michael Bettis was the squad captain when a member died on April 25 after a boat capsized during a body recovery operation
Steven “Keku” Likua became a paramedic at 22, following his father into EMS
Last year, the opioid toll rose to nearly 19,000 deaths, an increase of 16 percent
Police say the driver ‘went up and off these streets, two or possibly three times’ killing 1 person and injuring at least 30 people
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