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
Dennis Swenson was awakened by his pager requesting response for a fire; he told a neighbor he was going back in for his mother
Members of her department were called to the accident, unaware of who it involved; officials said the atmosphere in the department is still numb
The two Quebec EMS providers were injured in the collision as they responded to a call
A preliminary report reveals the pilot moved the helicopter forward because the patient and flight nurse McLain were spinning, and then McLain fell from the hoist line
A gunman shot four strangers before killing himself on a recreational bridge
The mother and her 14-month-old girl died at the scene; two boys, 6 and 7, were also injured and the driver was arrested
The 21-year-old was hit around 4 a.m. as the ambulance was returning from an emergency call
The NTSB grounded the helicopter involved, and the county agency voluntarily suspended operations for it’s three other helicopters
The FAA and NTSB are looking at factors like weather and crew performance after STAR Flight rescuer fell when helping hoist an injured woman
At least 15 police officers were hurt, including six who were hospitalized as violence spread across the city after Freddie Gray died from injuries while in police custody
She was helping hoist an injured woman with non-life threatening injuries into the helicopter when she fell
The violent earthquake collapsed houses, leveled centuries-old temples and triggered avalanches in the Himalayas
He responded an hour after being dispatched; the woman was found dead in her front yard, holding her phone and her medication, and her body covered in ants
The woman were commuting to a hospital for their final day of clinical training; 3 others injured
Two trucks crashed in dense fog on Interstate 80, causing a chain reaction crash that also injured 16 people and caused a tanker truck to catch fire
A 25-year-old man died one week after he was rushed to the hospital with spinal injuries following an encounter with four Baltimore officers
Police detain a student, allegedly carrying a knife and a crosswbow, suspected of killing a teacher and wounding 4 others
The medic was sitting on his couch when the vehicle crashed through his home, he performed CPR on the unresponsive driver but the man was pronounced dead at a local hospital
Brady Fraley, 21, lost control of his pickup truck and truck a barbed wire fence, overturned several times and was ejected; a passenger suffered minor injuries
25 injured in chain-reaction collision after winds kicked up dirt and reduced visibility to almost nothing
A couple in their 20s and their infant son died when a concrete slab from a sidewalk construction project fell from an overpass and crushed them as they were driving
The toddler ran into the street and was struck by the driver of a van who stopped the vehicle when someone shot at him; a 15-year-old boy on the scene was also shot
The driver of the ambulance in India lost control of the ambulance and hit a roadside tree
The victims, all over age 70, were discovered by a relative; one patient on garage floor next to a still running car
The bus driver was seriously injured in the collision with the stolen private ambulance
Video shows the flaming wreckage of the tour bus carrying young athletes; it caught fire after hitting a tanker truck carrying hydrocarbons
Severe weather and high winds across the midsection of the U.S. damaged structures and forced evacuations
