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.
Use a distracted driving policy to educate personnel on the risks of distracted driving and to set clear expectations for in-vehicle behavior
Three helicopters, 14 units of blood and a trauma team flown into action — the Jan. 12 crash shows how Maryland is redefining field medicine with hospital-grade interventions on-scene
Hypothermic patients, multi-systems trauma and slippery scenes present difficult decision-making challenges for rescuers
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
How would you stabilize a patient with neck and chest pain following a motor vehicle collision?
They suffered non-life-threatening injuries and the crash left the ambulance on its roof along the sidewalk at a corner of the intersection
She was pronounced dead at the scene; three occupants of ambulance taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries
Two trucks were so badly smashed that rescue workers had trouble getting past the debris
A driver veered into the opposite lane during the Granite State Wheelmen Tri-State Seacoast Century ride
Two employees and six litter crew members received minor to moderate injuries