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?
The boat struck a concrete abutment and four of the eight people on board were ejected
The ambulance collided with a car at an intersection and overturned on the way to a car crash
After a gunman opened fire on a movie theater in Louisiana, hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson ponder whether tactical medicine should be a part of initial EMS training
Inside EMS co-host Kelly Grayson provides information from EMS colleagues who were witnesses at the scene, who say the incident appeared to be a case of excited delirium
The shooter initially tried to flee with the crowd but turned back when he saw police; he fatally shot himself
Acadian Ambulance VP reports gunman and one other person were pronounced dead on arrival
The man ran from his vehicle after police pulled him over at a traffic stop; officers searched the area and began CPR when they found him
It’s unknown whether the man was alive when EMTs first responded; his body was found by a second ambulance crew more than an hour later
Nicholas Hemingway, 23, was honored during funeral services Thursday; he went into cardiac arrest at the fire house at the end of his shift
Troy Goode was behaving erratically after 4-5 hits of LSD, fled from police, and fought with EMS and hospital personnel before his death
Patient was reported to be in critical condition at the time the ambulance hit a utility pole
Witnesses report and video shows man suspected of LSD overdose face-down on a stretcher with his legs pulled back and bound
The collision happened Saturday when an alleged drunken driver plowed into the limo as it left a NY vineyard tour
US attorney Bill Killian calls killings of four at military sites an ‘act of domestic terrorism’
It’s unclear if the patient died from injuries sustained in the ambulance crash after the driver went through a red light with lights and sirens activated
He opened the car’s back door and continued filming what police called “a young man’s dying moments” before paramedics and police arrived
The pet shop employee was found unresponsive and in his car with puncture wounds on his wrist; another snake and tarantulas found in his car
Police said Nicholas Daniels was thrown from his vehicle as a result of not wearing a seatbelt; his death has stunned the department
Three people died on scene after a car hit a group of onlookers; EMS crews transported four others who were injured, and one of them died at a local hospital
One man suffered serious burns and was in critical condition, and others were suffering from smoke inhalation; the cause of the fire was being investigated
Members of the Gaylord Minn. ambulance service responded to the call for their boss, a former police officer
Police say the patient, a man in his 70s, was being transported in the private ambulance to “a non-life-threatening medical appointment”
Host Chris Cebollero talks about the toll heroin is taking on a friend’s daughter and a report from the CDC that says heroin use doubled in two years
Paramedics administered CPR on the way to the hospital, but the 11-month-old was later declared dead
Since July 4 three fatal incidents involving the launching of a mortar-type firework by resting the tube on the body have been reported
The father was critically injured and died after he was rushed to the hospital by paramedics
Jet pilot ejected safely and was uninjured; transported back to base by Berkeley County EMS workers
Flight paramedic Dave Repsher is in critical condition and flight nurse Matt Bowe is in fair condition
