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
Police said Karen McGlasson Harold crashed into the dealership and then “unlawfully and willfully” crashed into the responding ambulance
A pedestrian is in serious condition after a driver hit an ambulance that had its lights activated and was trying to merge into another lane
Nipawin Fire Department Chief Brian Starkell recalled the fatal crash that killed 15 Humboldt Broncos players and staff, and said bystanders were a tremendous help
Six people were seriously injured and 37 suffered minor injuries after a bus carrying students home from a spring break trip to Europe crashed into an overpass
The Humboldt Broncos, a team in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, was on its way to a tournament when the crash occurred
Lt. Chris Olson reminded people on Facebook about the Ohio state law and the dangers of not giving responders room to do their job
Pipe Creek Township firefighters David Wittkamper and Kyle Hibst, who is also the EMS chief, were about to take off when their plane struck another plane
The woman was hit by a car while running from an EMS crew that was trying to convince her to return to the hospital
Former corrections officer Faith Appelgren and a trauma nurse performed CPR on the victim in the middle of the road while responders were stuck in traffic
Police released dash cam footage of civilians rolling the burning vehicle off of the driver who became trapped after crashing into several parked vehicles
Gretna Rescue Squad 1st Lt. Pernice White jumped into action after seeing her neighbor’s truck on fire while driving home
The ambulance, which drove off the side of the road and into a ravine, was driving erratically for a few miles
The students were returning from a band trip to Walt Disney World when the bus flipped on the highway in Alabama
“Mayday, mayday, mayday,” the pilot is heard saying during the crash Sunday night. “East River — engine failure”
Officials said Scott Novak was driving down his driveway to get his mail when he hit a road sign and went into a ditch
The helicopter, a private charter hired for a photo shoot, went down near Gracie Mansion, the mayoral residence
Jenna Bixby was on her way to work when a man, who was driving the wrong way while intoxicated, slammed head-on into her car
About 300 first responders took part, and EMT and paramedic students portrayed injured passengers to test emergency readiness
Paramedic Christopher Langdon used a tourniquet he had in his car to save Cassandra Moseley from bleeding to death
Middletown Mayor Dan Drew said the driver had multiple gas containers in the vehicle, which burst into flames after crashing into Middlesex Hospital
911 dispatcher Jenna Bixby died after retired minister Richard Shaka hit her vehicle while driving the wrong way down the road
The bus was headed north when it struck the truck, which was making a turn at the intersection
Jeremy Pinkley, 29, was pronounced dead at the scene of the two-vehicle crash
“One of the hardest things to do, as any disciplined first responder, is not to immediately engage the sick and injured”
Six passengers and a pilot were on board the the Papillion Grand Canyon Helicopters choppers when it crashed under unknown circumstances
The An-148 regional jet disappeared from radar screens a few minutes after departing from the airport en route to the city of Orsk
AMR EMT Courtney Tullos was on her way to work when she noticed the van, with flames shooting out from under the hood
The explosions “injured” nearly 200 students, and another 500 became nurses, crime scene investigators and trauma counselors responding to the incident
Amtrak’s Silver Star was on its way from New York to Miami with eight crew members and about 140 passengers when the crash happened
Several GOP lawmakers who are doctors got off the train to assist and treat some of the victims
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