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
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
Emergency responders overturn car to access hypothermic toddler; child has since been released from the hospital
Driver suspected of losing control on curvy road and bus fell 1,300 feet down mountain
The helicopter was returning from transporting a 13-year-old boy who was hit by a car to a Tulsa hospital
2 other crew members transported to the hospital; Crash in eastern Oklahoma late Thursday night
The whale breached and hit the side of the boat; the collision threw a woman into the water and she died of her injuries
7 Marines, 4 soldiers believed to be killed in an Army helicopter crash during a night-time training mission
The man jumped from an Idaho bridge; resuscitation efforts by bystanders and paramedics were unsuccessful
3 French Olympians, filming a popularity reality TV show, among the 10 dead from the incident
Woman was declared brain dead after her ambulance, driven by a 19 year-old, hit a utility pole during a non-emergency transport
Pilot Ronald Scott Rector was about to land at a Mo. hospital to pickup the medical crew when his plane crashed for unknown reasons; an investigation will likely last for several months
The pilot was about to land at a Mo. hospital to pickup the medical crew; cause of crash under investigation
Toddler in critical condition at Children’s Hospital; ATV recovered from water 18 feet deep
A series of vehicle collisions occurred before an out-of-control dump truck came around a curve and slammed into paramedic Livingston
West End Ambulance expressed its support for the family of medic Janice Livingston, 38, who was killed by a coal truck that “basically plowed through the emergency scene” on an icy road
Paramedic Janice Livingston was assisting on crash scene when she was pinned against a tree by the truck
Mo. paramedics heard a shot after moving bystanders to safety; police later discovered the driver involved in a crash died by suicide
All 4 children in cardiac arrest when firefighters arrived; Relative reports kids had been ‘sick for days’
He went to four homes killing relatives and neighbors, and was later found dead in a vehicle on a country road
Her suspended license from 2009 was reinstated a day before the collision that killed three people
The vehicle driver and passenger were killed by collision; firefighter in ambulance injured
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