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
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
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
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
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