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.
Use a distracted driving policy to educate personnel on the risks of distracted driving and to set clear expectations for in-vehicle behavior
Three helicopters, 14 units of blood and a trauma team flown into action — the Jan. 12 crash shows how Maryland is redefining field medicine with hospital-grade interventions on-scene
Hypothermic patients, multi-systems trauma and slippery scenes present difficult decision-making challenges for rescuers
Two tank cars, carrying propane-butane and propylene, derailed at a station, hit electricity lines and exploded
Before fire and ems crew arrived, the woman said two men pulled her out of the overturned vehicle
A nurse and his wife, a paramedic, pulled over to the side of a highway after they saw a body in the road
Forecasters said cold air that’s moved into the region is boosting conditions for lake-effect snow
The report stated that Glen Chappell, 67, was driving nearly twice the speed limit when he crashed the bus
Additionally, AAA found that drivers who missed two to three hours of sleep in a 24-hour period more than quadrupled their risk of a crash
The conductor and engineer killed in the crash were likely sleeping in their southbound train as it sped through a stop signal and hit a northbound train
As the students piled out of their vehicle to help, paramedic and professor David Fifer’s first worry was for their safety
The ambulance was responding to a call when it was struck by an SUV at an intersection
Two people were in critical condition, two others were in serious condition and four were being transferred to another hospital for further treatment
The board reported the plane made an abrupt left turn after takeoff and failed to ascend into the air
Ten children from the van and the pickup truck, ages 5 to 15, were taken to a hospital, along with the van driver
A car ran a stop sign, forcing the driver of the private school bus to swerve and smash through a concrete wall
A fire official said the fire truck got stuck in the mud and leaned over to one side to make contact with the ambulance
The study found that 84 percent of EMS providers in the patient compartments of ambulances that crashed weren’t using their own restraints
Two were taken to the hospital in serious to critical condition and the driver was hospitalized in fair condition
Responders searched the scene and surrounding area when they heard a faint sound more than two dozen feet away
Heavy rainfall and low visibility grounded helicopters and complicated search and rescue efforts
A GoFundMe has raised over $21,000 for Jake Shepherd’s family.
Rescue personnel used ladders to extricate at least three injured people on stretchers and helped others climb out of the bus.
Jeremiah Brown was responding to a call when the ambulance he was in collided with a pickup truck last year.
Fire chief: “It was something you shouldn’t ever see.”
A tweet from the police department Wednesday evening said the agency had received confirmation of the death.
Police said Johnthony Walker was driving well over the posted 30 mph limit when he lost control of the bus carrying 37 children on their way home.
The plane crashed in a parking lot near the airport shortly after taking off.
The injured children were so young that many couldn’t spell their names or remember their birthdays.
Florence Stricker, 87, was being transported by Guardian EMS personnel when the ambulance and another vehicle collided at an intersection March 23, 2015
Officials said Johnthony Walker, 24, was driving well above the posted 30 mph speed limit on a narrow, winding road. (AP Photo)
Twenty-three children were transported to the hospital after the school bus turned on its side and wrapped around a tree. (AP Photo)
The pickup’s driver had no license and was charged for operating while impaired; the ambulance was running lights and sirens
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