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.
There’s probably a few that stand out; let’s hear em
Remember the FALTER acronym to make sure you call for a helicopter transport when time really counts
Following a freeway crash, EMS workers find than a spinal immobilization is not necessary, and opt for a rigid collar instead
Crozer Health Paramedic Lt. Nick Cull was released from a rehabilitation center Friday after suffering serious injures in the crash with a school bus
Two paramedics, a patient and another driver went to the hospital after the crash between a Brewster Ambulance rig and a car Sunday night
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Falck has begun test flights of remotely-controlled drones and is working toward drone flights with medics on board within the next five years
The bus was stopped and the ambulance was transporting a patient when the crash occurred in 2019; one lawyer said his client, who was on the bus, suffered permanent injury
The patient had suffered smoke inhalation and was being transported to the hospital when the ambulance was struck by another vehicle
Two Cincinnati Fire Department members were injured and another driver died after the collision Thursday night
Three Forest Park EMTs and a critical patient were injured when another vehicle rear-ended the rig
Officials said the Crozer Health medics needed to be extricated and one of them was intubated
Wood-Ridge Firefighter Daniel O’Beirne, who was on his way to his job as a corrections officer, and Inspira Medical Center Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant Jordan Reed worked together to save the driver
Three people in the ambulance, including a patient, were among the injured
Officials said the two emergency vehicles were not responding to the same call at the time of the crash
Police said the ambulance was turning into the hospital entrance when the crash occurred
Police said a distracted driver struck the rig while swerving around another car that had stopped for the truck
The bill was introduced after reports that first responders took photos at the scene of a helicopter crash that killed nine people, including basketball star Kobe Bryant
Cetronia Ambulance Corps Paramedic Sam Yerkes was only a mile away from the station when he was hit by a vehicle and throw into the air
William Paul Faist Volunteer Ambulance Corps 1st Lt. Moshe Herzog, 27, and EMT David Schneebalg, 26, were killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer
Atrium Health Union EMS Paramedic Chuck Nix aided injured Paramedic Madison Hackney after their ambulance was struck by two vehicles
The Genesee County Board of Commissioners approved a more than $263,000 purchase of camera systems that officials say will help avoid costly lawsuits
Police said the man had been transported to the hospital after an earlier crash in which he nearly ran over an officer
A car collided with a Fond du Lac Fire Rescue ambulance, ejecting one person from the car and trapping another
A paramedic, nurse and pilot were killed when their plane broke up in flight over North Dakota
Police say the man fled the scene after the assault
Lincoln County EMS said in a statement that the paramedic was extricated after the collision between a quick response vehicle and another vehicle
Officials said a pickup truck going the wrong way collided with a Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services Agency ambulance
FDNY EMS Deputy Chief Kevin Ramdayal said multiple patients were trapped inside the bus
Data company ESO released its mid-year report on call volume, PPE use and patient outcomes Thursday
Firefighters warded off the bees by dousing them with water
An unknown man provided critical first aid to a 62-year-old woman after she was seriously wounded in a rollover crash Friday morning that left four others injured
A baby was among those injured in the two-vehicle crash, officials said
Police say the woman’s mouth was injured after a scooter crash and she spat bloody saliva on the medic’s face
