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
He claims medics said the batteries of a defibrillator were not charged; the medical director says an IO device stopped working and the delay did not contribute to the woman’s death
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty of all 30 counts against him, including conspiracy and deadly use of a weapon of mass destruction; 17 of those charges are punishable by death
They died in their sleep days after their utility company discovered a stolen meter and cut of electricity to their home, and the father bought a gas-powered generator
The first of three reports from the NTSB provides information on attempts to navigate lowering clouds by pilot Matt Mathews, who died in the March 12 crash
The jury will now decide whether the 21-year-old should be sentenced to death or receive life in prison
She lost control of the vehicle, went over the shoulder of the road and plunged several hundred feet over an embankment
A portable generator was found without gas inside the home; police are investigating
Medics were transporting an 81-year-old man from his house to an ambulance when the cot tipped, resulting in a head injury
Brendan Mullen was on temporary assignment when the helicopter crashed; he suffered broken bones but will be OK
Most of those killed were students but the death toll also included two police officers, one soldier and two watchmen
Helicopters ferry workers with burn injuries from the platform to hospitals for treatment
Firefighters had to remove the truck to free one of the victims, who was pinned underneath
The three on the helicopter were contract workers, and the sole survivor was airlifted to a nearby hospital after the crash
A firefight erupted when two men dressed as women tried to plow through a National Security Agency gate at Fort Meade
Van ran through a stop sign, crossed all lanes of a highway, and landed in a canal
He crossed the center lane while driving around a curve and hit an oncoming ambulance, police say
A federal investigation reports the pilot encountered a lowering cloud ceiling and was trying to turn the aircraft around when the crash occurred
For medical emergencies that exponentially worsen over time, like excited delirium, rapid EMS intervention may be the difference between life and death
Officials said that at least nine people were hospitalized with injuries but that the total number of injuries wasn’t yet known
Investigators say he barricaded himself in the cockpit and manually flew the plane into the mountains, killing all 150 people on board
He’s seeking $305,000 for injuries sustained in a 2013 fatal collision when a car crashed into the rig, causing him “to fly ... within the ambulance, colliding with objects”
That spring night in 1990, people were smothered by black smoke or fatally burned; it happened so quickly that some appeared like frozen figures from Pompeii
The jet carrying 150 people from Barcelona to Dusseldorf slammed into a remote section of the French Alps.
The incident happened at a high-rise construction project; 1 worker seriously injured when scaffolding peeled away from the building
Autopsy reports acute cocaine toxicity, bruises from baton strikes, TASER use, and body weight restraint before cardiac arrest and request for ambulance
Woman and teen in critical condition; hotplate may have sparked the fire
The city blames the delay on human error, while the firefighter’s union says it was caused by problems with technology used to identify units closest to emergencies
While walking down the street on her cellphone, she was struck by a large piece of plywood and pronounced dead at a local hospital
NTSB reports detail the history of EagleMed crashes
The NTSB is determining the best way to get the wreckage from a rural site to a hangar in Dallas after pilot Matt Mathews was killed when the helicopter crashed
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