Safety
The safety topic provides news, information and resources to keep EMS providers informed about key safety issues, developments and technology, including research and initiatives focused on violence against EMS professionals, how to prevent an injury, near-miss reporting and risk mitigation.
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The most seriously hurt was the driver, who had to be cut from the bus and pulled through the windshield before he was taken to a hospital
The patient got angry because they wouldn’t give him painkillers, and returned at midnight with the traffic cones, injuring two workers
Crews from Engine 46, Truck 17 and Ambulance 9 responded to the deadly crash outside of their station
The 78-year-old said police arrived before paramedics, and assaulted him for no reason; he suffered a black eye and stitches to his head
A paramedic as well as the driver and passenger of a BMW sustained non-life threatening injuries
As soon as the avalanche occurred, rescuers, guides and climbers rushed to help, and all other climbing was suspended
The medic was at a hospital on an unrelated call when the man charged from his room screaming obscenities, and spit in his eye
The firefighters overcame their own injuries to help the nine civilians who were hurt, one of them critically
A fire truck heading to a fire collided with another engine and then plowed into the restaurant; one person was hospitalized in critical condition and the others suffered minor injuries
“You just have to stay calm and be a steady voice, and just talk to them about things other than what naturally is going on,” she said
The 16-year-old was stabbed in the back, and another student applied pressure to his wound until paramedics arrived
A 22-year-old woman fell and was knocked unconscious at a 2011 holiday party; she woke up in an ambulance and felt her breast being rubbed and her vagina being touched
He said he was going to come back with “a couple loaded guns” and “shoot and kill as many people as he can” and cause “bloodshed”
The pilot was reported in satisfactory condition and the two crew members are under observation at a hospital
An ambulance was driving behind two vehicles when the drivers pulled over, started arguing, and one of them stabbed the other
He allegedly told an employee she couldn’t trust him, then lunged at her and grabbed her by the throat during transport
Officials said it didn’t appear any students suffered life-threatening injuries; at least 20 students were injured
None of the injuries, which included broken bones, is considered life-threatening
The officers, one male and one female, were hurt responding to fire on 13th floor of high-rise
The firefighter was airlifted to a hospital to undergo surgery; he later had to have his left leg amputated from being pinned
An EMT had to be extricated from the ambulance, which flipped over; the driver of the car was taken to the hospital
The March 24 crash injured more than 30 passengers and sent the eight-car train barreling over the platform and up an escalator
The victims ranged in ages from 19 to 21 years old; the 20-year-old driver is in stable condition at a local hospital
