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
Crash might have happened sometime late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning
Driver of the car was one of the people taken away in an ambulance
Car traveling eastbound on U.S. 82 in Annona in East Texas crossed the center line and struck a westbound car
Ambulance crash tragedies like this one are a stark reminder of the danger of ignoring high-risk behavior
Police wouldn’t say whether the EMS supply van was heading to another emergency when it was involved in the accident
About 20 other people had moderate injuries
Nearly 40 firefighters responded to the accident near the Metro Gold Line on Sunday morning in Little Tokyo
It was unclear how serious the injuries were for the victims who were taken to hospitals
One critically injured; all taken to hospital in ambulance
Quick discussion on the benefits of roundabouts for reducing the risks of intersection collisions
EMS providers can determine severity of injury with more than just MOI during trauma triage
Understanding the spinal cord anatomy and physiology is critical to assessing injury severity and determining the need for spinal motion restriction
The arguments for EMS use of helicopters are unchanged despite the high risk and lack of benefit to patients