Vehicle Crashes
The vehicle crashes topic contains news about single or multiple car crashes, ambulance crashes as well as vehicular risks and challenges to EMS providers.
Why post-crash care matters: 42% of patients alive at EMS arrival die later
Ambulance collisions, which happen with frightening regularity, often result in injury and are occasionally fatal, especially for private vehicle drivers
You’re responsible for managing the crash scene; this includes what happens behind the scene as well as at the scene
Both volunteers are still in critical condition after being thrown while treating a patient
38 visitors and security officers were also injured; China closed the politically sensitive space
The tight-knit service has been left reeling after the accident
The driver, two children on the bus and one child the house were injured
Her father John Dickinson, 70, and Sandra Sova, 62, were in the back of the ambulance treating a patient when they were hit by an oncoming car and tossed
One of the EMTs had been in serious condition Wednesday before taking a turn for the worse
The paramedics in the ambulance and the driver of the truck were not injured
The driver of the truck was uninjured, but two train passengers were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries
Witnesses dashed to the crash scene, trying to pry open the passenger-side door to get the occupants out
One EMT is in critical condition and the other was taken to the hospital to get checked out
Emergency crews had to bring in special equipment to access the crash site because of the muddy conditions
Students on the bus and the bus driver weren’t injured
There were no reported injuries but the ambulance was severely damaged
Those killed included several children
Remember the FALTER acronym to make sure you call for a helicopter transport when time really counts
The child was not injured, but four others were taken to a local hospital with non life-threatening injuries
They pulled out in front of a pickup truck and were killed; they were married for 68 years
Police are investigating if the driver fell asleep; no patients were inside at the time
She’s now in critical condition after the driver plowed through three yards and sent the woman flying
Nine taken by ambulance to hospital, 40 treated for minor injuries after bus overturned in a crash with a tractor trailer
The Pa. man was charged after allegedly wrecking the vehicle that he wasn’t permitted to be driving
One of the EMTs that was injured in the crash is pregnant
First responders flooded the scene as a woman tried to ram through a White House barricade and the car chase ended in gunfire
Following a freeway crash, EMS workers find than a spinal immobilization is not necessary, and opt for a rigid collar instead
A car was crushed like an accordion as people were flown from their seats, but there were no serious injuries
The woman driving the SUV was flown to a trauma center with serious injuries
