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 paramedic and EMT in the ambulance were able to climb out of the vehicle as it was wedged between two concrete barriers
Officials said the ambulance was responding to a call when the collision occurred
Acadian Ambulance transported the children to the hospital with minor to moderate injuries
The van was struck from behind by another vehicle, causing the van to strike another vehicle and overturn
The department said the firefighter-paramedic suffered several broken bones and nerve damage, but is awake and talking
The ambulance had its lights and sirens activated when an SUV pulled a U-turn in the ambulance’s path
The bus driver failed to come to a complete stop as he was pulling out of the school parking lot
State troopers shut down a section of the interstate in fear the ambulance might explode due to oxygen tanks onboard
EMS, fire and hospital personnel describe interstate collision, patient entrapment and field amputation to save a man pinned inside his truck cab by 80,000 pounds of logs
The bus was carrying eight special-education students and two staff members
One crew member was taken to the hospital with leg and chest pain; the other two refused treatment on scene
No one else was in the plane; officials are investigating the cause of the crash
Police said it’s fortunate that there were no serious injuries; the crash is under investigation
Stacey Warriner pulled over to aid a stranded motorist when another vehicle crashed and struck her
The collision caused the ambulance to catch fire; an EMS provider was taken to a hospital with minor injuries
The infant was strapped in a protective device weighing about 400 pounds when the crash occurred
Officials didn’t immediately identify the injured or detail their injuries
A drunken driver whose blood-alcohol content was five times the legal limit lost control of his vehicle and plowed into the crowd
Charles “Chuck” Reeves, 60, was remembered as compassionate and always having a smile on his face
Three paramedics and a patient were on board the ambulance when the crash occurred
EMS crews had just unloaded the patient and were restocking medical supplies when he stole the ambulance
In one crash, officers found two people passed out in the front seat of the wrecked vehicle and two children uninjured in the back seat
Officials said the stolen car hit the ambulance, which was transporting a patient, causing the ambulance to veer off the road and crash into a pond
An official said two dump trucks and a passenger car had stopped to allow the motorcade to pass, and a third dump truck rear-ended the car
The ambulance was transporting a dialysis patient when the rig left the road and struck a telephone pole before crashing into the creek
Tyson Mason, 29, was killed after a truck crashed head-on into his vehicle; he leaves behind his one-week-old son
The rescue team found the helicopter wreckage lying in deep snow and had to carry the victims’ bodies down the mountainside on stretchers
Officials said the vehicle failed to yield; the ambulance was responding to a medical call
Two EMTs in the ambulance were taken to the hospital for minor injuries
A traffic signal box was damaged in the collision; minor injuries were reported
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