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
Surveillance footage shows the car slamming into the teenagers on the sidewalk
The force of the impact caused the patient and medics to be tossed around inside the ambulance
The medics received minor injuries after their ambulance smashed into a utility pole
The passenger in the ambulance needed stitches under his left eye and had other minor injuries; the driver sustained minor injuries to both arms
He is in critical condition and not expected to live
They opened her airway and put her in a neck brace after she was partially ejected from her vehicle
She was Chatham County’s 2013 EMS Dispatcher of the Year and had worked in the communications department for two years
Two children were trapped under the car and three were treated for mild to moderate injuries
A man, who called 911, helped save the woman’s life; she was listed in serious condition at a hospital Monday
The man suffered minor injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital
David Keller, a driver, and passenger in one of the vehicles were taken to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center and were treated and later released
Authorities said a man accused of crashing a stolen truck loaded with strawberries on an interstate said he was being chased by zombies.
The ambulance was responding to an emergency call at the time
The driver said he got a brain freeze and blacked out
A driver running a red light set-off the accident
An SUV fleeing from the police collided with another car, killing all three people inside.
L.A. Fire chief, mayor urge would-be rescuers to call 911 first and think of their own safety after 2 died trying to save a car-crash victim
Off-duty police officer reportedly lost control of his \car
The front seat passenger died after he was thrown from the vehicle
Injured 4 other people
Charles Wilson, 21, of Louisa County Department of Fire and EMS, died from injuries sustained during single-vehicle accident
Couple were trapped in vehicle when it veered off road, landed upside down in pool
Man last seen on day that investigators say his car was towed after single-vehicle rollover near busy freeway
Knowledge of roads, vehicles, drivers are critical to safe arrival at emergency
