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.
Seventy-four percent of EMS fatalities are transportation related
What are the immediate hazard assessment and incident management tasks for the EMS crew that witnesses this incident?
Recent news from around the world of EMS is a continuing reminder of the dangerous and essential work performed by paramedics
Putnam County EMS said that all injuries appear to be non-life-threatening and the ambulance crew was not transporting a patient at the time
San Bernadino firefighter-paramedics treated two people who were injured in the crash
Listen as risk management expert Gordon Graham describes the dangers of not using a seat belt and all first responders’ responsibility to arrive safely
Richard Webb-Stevens responded to the 2017 Westminster attack and has led improvements for people with hearing impairments working in EMS
“Do you want a headbutt?” EMT Nicholas McGowan asked, according to court documents
Lloyd Claycomb and the driver of the car that hit the rig were seriously injured; an EMS provider and a vehicle passenger had non-life-threatening injuries
Nicholas McGowan told police he was on his way home after work when he crashed his vehicle
The Boro Park Hatzalah crew was responding to a call at the time of the crash
Jordan Shelley had car trouble and was standing outside his vehicle when another vehicle crashed into his and pushed it, hitting Shelley and knocking him off the bridge and into water
Another bystander helped the man before police and EMS arrived
Sabria Phillips claims that Richland County Emergency Medical Service, dispatchers and the sheriff’s department were ill-equipped to respond
Dispatchers took more than 400 calls for injuries, drinking, vehicle crashes; the injured include a Galveston County Sheriff’s Office deputy
The medic had stopped to provide aid; several people injured in the collision were transported to the hospital
All four crewmembers were injured — two of them seriously — when the Airbus AS350 tried to land in windy conditions at the Christmas Valley Airport
The three Wyoming Medical Center staff members and two flight crew members were not seriously injured, and the patient was admitted to the hospital
Wilmington Fire and Rescue warned the public to “slow down and proceed with caution around emergency vehicles responding with their lights on”
The crew had been transporting a patient in Waukegan and rendered aid while other EMS providers were en route
A tractor-trailer hit the Brewster Fire Department ambulance, pushing it into a guardrail and median
Crews with multiple agencies rescued the Morristown Rescue crew and treated and transported the patient
Firefighters put out the flames and rescued the trapped and injured people; the five survivors were transported to hospitals
A driver reportedly ran a red light and crashed into two vehicles and an LAFD fire truck; a 76-year-old woman was transported and later died from her injuries
All five people involved were injured, but the first responders treated the other vehicle’s occupants
The trip from Jefferson Health-Abington hospital to a nursing home was less than 10 miles
“EMS was his life,” a statement from Emergency Resource Management read, praising Christopher Smith’s work and character
The Superior Ambulance crewmembers were not hurt
Mercy Flight suspended operations following the incident at an annual factory training
Jessica Sirignano was first on the scene of the crash that killed Joe Stroup, where she was able to help save and treat Martha Stroup before EMS arrived
The NTSB and the FAA are investigating the deaths of James E. Sauer and Stewart M. Dietrick during the annual Bell Helicopter factory training
The helicopter was reportedly on a training mission at the time of the crash
An EMS provider, a child being transported and the truck driver were hurt in the crash which flipped the rig
