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.
An honest reflection on the worst suffering I have seen as a paramedic is as I roll up to a bad motor vehicle collision
Once the department decides it needs them, training on how to safely use them in the environment where they’ll be deployed is critical
The effects of sleep deprivation are akin to alcohol intoxication; build a safe sleep room and a culture of watching over tired medics
EMS providers transported the driver; Firefighters are concerned that the structure may fall further
“Our thoughts, our hearts, and our prayers for her recovery continue to be with her and her family,” Ambulnz posted
The aircraft with three people aboard went missing Thursday night off the coast of Maui
The Hawaii Life Flight fixed-wing plane went off radar last night with 3 crew members aboard
Police say 22 passengers were injured and required transport
The plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Lihue Airport on Kauai Island in Hawaii
Two crewmembers suffered serious injuries and one was critically injured; all three were transported to a hospital
Firefighter Megan Warfield leapt into action to help a victim in an overturned car after being involved in a multi-vehicle crash – and gave birth 23 hours later
The EMT said the patient punched and kicked her, leading to his arrest; his family claims his movements were injury symptoms
25.1% of the drivers tested positive for THC, and nearly 20% had blood-alcohol levels beyond legal limits
Firefighters have been using fireboats and drones, but the fire may burn for days, and DNA evidence has been lost
Nine Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue firefighters and a medic unit responded after the injured driver slept overnight in the cold trunk as water got into the vehicle
But House and Senate members may work together to alter the legislation prompted by a Cleveland firefighter’s death
Cache County Fire District members, state troopers and EMS providers were responding to three other crashes at the time
“Completely broken heart": Clear Spring Volunteer Fire Company Capt. Mike Reid announced the death of his son Chief Zachary P. Reid
The rig flipped onto its side, and one passenger in the Jeep had to be extricated
In the June incident, the tail boom separated from the main body of the copter
Ohio House members added an amendment requiring a minimum 5-year prison sentence when the victim is a firefighter or EMS provider
“Our guys did exactly what they were trained to do,” Vermilion Fire Chief Bill Brown said, describing how firefighters, officers and EMS providers responded
This year’s strangest tales involved a medic who won a lottery, providers treating family members, a heroic dispatcher, unfriendly animals and unique car crashes
The single-engine aircraft was ensnared about 100 feet off the ground, and the rescuers used a crane
Nick Theofilis worked for both Penn Hills EMS and White Oak EMS
“The critically injured patient I had just attended to, was my ... only child,” Jayme Erickson wrote. “Her injures were so horrific I did not even recognize her”
Sans gear, Nicholas Perri Jr. “gained access to the well-involved vehicle and successfully removed the badly injured female driver,” the Brookfield FD said
Employees and shoppers were rendering aid when first responders arrived; EMS providers transported 16 people to hospitals
The injured patients were transported via Airmed and ground ambulance
“We have made a lot of progress, but there is still a lot of work to be done,” said Carter Bevins, chief of the Neon Volunteer Fire Department
Crews rushed to move the injured recruits off a live electrical wire downed in the crash and stabilize as many patients as possible
‘We need a tourniquet': LASD recruits render aid to wounded after driver plowed into them during run
“We need an airway for him,” one recruit shouted, while another was heard repeatedly saying, “We need help, here. Help, here.”
All four people were transported to area hospitals
