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.
Why post-crash care matters: 42% of patients alive at EMS arrival die later
Ambulance collisions, which happen with frightening regularity, often result in injury and are occasionally fatal, especially for private vehicle drivers
You’re responsible for managing the crash scene; this includes what happens behind the scene as well as at the scene
A firefighter used a strap to lasso a young victim of the crash to bring her to safety after the driver opened fire
Officials says 14 people survived after a duck boat packed with tourists capsized and sank in high winds
An early Sunday morning accident involvied a bus and multiple other cars north of Bernalillo, N.M., on Interstate 25
Molly Tarawally decided she wanted to be a paramedic after she was extricated from her car and treated for more than an hour by EMS providers
Henley Wilder said an off-duty EMT jumped into action to save her 2-year-old daughter after witnessing a car crash
During a Spirit Ride ceremony, Muskogee County Emergency Medical Service spokeswoman Mechele Cruz shared her experience of almost becoming a roadside fatality
“My goal is to make sure another family doesn’t have to experience the same tragedy we did,” Paul Besaw’s wife Dawn said
Nowata Fire Department Chief Stephen Parmenter said police dispatched another department, resulting in the patients waiting 30 minutes for a response
Rhett Larsen, 39, was hit by another vehicle after his motorcycle struck a bear on the highway
EMT Amanda Turner jumped into action after watching the elementary school bus flip over from just two cars away
Erik Hirner, 38, died two days after the motorcycle he was driving to work was hit by an SUV
A local business surveillance camera captured a coincidence that occurred when an ambulance happened to be behind a car when it crashed into a creek
Both buses were traveling toward Manhattan when one of them, carrying 37 people, rear-ended the other, which had 25 people
The crash left the bus lying on its side on the guardrail of the highway, its undercarriage and front end sheared off and its steering wheel exposed
Images from the scene show a yellow school bus tipped over along the side of the road, with school children and emergency responders milling about
Austin Buoni, 22, lost control of his vehicle and slid across the road before hitting a utility pole
Cori Christensen, 32, was arraigned Friday on one count of battery against a health care worker, assault and resisting or obstructing an officer
Jason Gorham said he waited about 30 minutes as dispatchers transferred him repeatedly between several agencies in two states
John Mull, a 32-year paramedic veteran, was found unresponsive by fire personnel who responded to the crash scene
Part-time firefighter Andrew Harris and paramedic Dwayne Adams both died after colliding into each other
Rico Caruso, Klint Mitchell and Greg Rosenthal were killed when the Ascension Wisconsin Spirit helicopter crashed on its way back to its base
Mary Esserman was determined to find Finn, a dog who had escaped after a patient’s semi-truck was involved in a rollover crash
Rory Barros was hit by a drunk driver while responding to a crash last August
Discuss these ambulance crash characteristics with your department’s emergency vehicle operators
A fundraiser was launched to support Ronald Myers, who is forced to stay home for at least two months after a driver ran a red light and hit his car
Vehicle vs. multiple pedestrian incidents, especially terrorism attacks, are high-risk and happen with surprisingly common frequency
Sinister mass casualty violent attacks require additional preplanning and post-MCI recovery efforts from EMS
Police said one person has been taken into custody
Robert Marshall died a week after being critically injured in Pennsylvania when a truck rear-ended his vehicle, causing it to strike him
More than 600 organizations have teamed up to create a comprehensive strategy to put an end to increasing vehicle fatalities in the United States
