Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
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?
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
Wyatt Barber became unconscious after running sprints and later died at the hospital
Fellow paramedic said 12-year paramedic Pam Boles was the one you’d want working on a loved one
Qwasie Reid left his patient and colleague stranded after he left in an ambulance with the 7-year-old they were flagged down to help
About 140 people are still hospitalized; 90 in serious condition
Four were injured, including the driver of the vehicle that jumped the curb and plowed into a group of costumed children and adults
The plane crashed about 20 minutes after taking off with 217 passengers and seven crew members
Hundreds of clubgoers were engulfed in flames, many trampled, as they rushed towards the nightclub’s only exit
A 20 year-old-man lost control of his vehicle and was killed after being thrown out of his car
The dispatcher entered the wrong address for a call related to an 81-year-old in respiratory distress, leading to a 47-minute delay
The 23-year-old man told police he killed his friend because he began to change into a zombie and tried to bite him
Chelsea Ake-Salvacion, 24, went into the cryotherapy chamber alone, before closing the salon, and apparently the machine didn’t turn off
After pleading guilty to two DUI charges and being sentenced to 25 years in prison, the man had his sentence suspended for medical reasons
The woman had “no real response” to the incident and is thought to be mentally ill
44 people were injured, 8 of them critically after the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade incident
8 of the injured were airlifted to hospitals with critical injuries after the crash at the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade
The truck hit the bus and both vehicles were consumed by flames; cause of the crash is being investigated
The most recent victim was Cam’ron Matthews, who suffered an aneurysm Friday
Matthew Griffin, 41, was a 20-year medic and a member of an EMS motorcycle club
The 55-year-old man was cleaning debris up from the accident that killed his dog when he was run over by a car as well
Officials are investigating into what caused the crash or what led up to it
13 people were brought to the hospital, including 6 children, and at least one of them had to be extricated from a vehicle
The Mich. crew failed to find the man, who was in the front seat of the crashed car, and told dispatchers no one was there
The plane was reportedly flying low before the crash, which destroyed a mobile home in Florida
The 11- to 13-year-old girls were playing in a truck while it was being loaded with canola seed
David Lodarski and his paramedic son were going off-roading when a vehicle struck their ATV, sending them tumbling toward oncoming traffic
The firefighters had just carried 2 civilians out on ladders when the Kansas City apartment building wall collapsed
Early Sunday morning their vehicle slammed into a tree and caught fire
Jennifer Hanna, 37, was motivated to be a ‘top notch firefighter’ after the January 2015 death of her FF/EMT husband
EMT Susan Elizabeth Kersey struck a semitrailer head-on after crossing the centerline
Emergency response was delayed because a bigger stretcher and ambulance were needed to transport the obese woman
