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
What could have been a mass-casualty incident for fire and EMS, ended with no apparent injuries
The ambulance veered into a tree after being hit by a car; the paramedics were returning from a call
The students secured the accident scene, organized bystanders and began treating a man who had been severely injured in the crash
At least one paramedic was taken to the hospital, but the extent of injuries are unknown
The man said he would “shoot everybody” if the EMTs took his wife to the hospital
The motorhome the girl was in caught on fire after running into the back of a trailer; the girl’s grandmother and father were killed in the crash
One suffered head and leg injuries and the other a minor cut to the head; the patient they were transporting wasn’t injured
The ambulance had its lights and sirens on and was transporting a patient
The new protocol aims to improve safety by reducing the amount of emergency vehicle crashes
The woman had suffered a head injury not related to the accident earlier in the day
Waze users reported a Texas interstate accident that appeared on a dispatch center’s feed 11 minutes before a 911 call was made
The 24-year-old had a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit; the prosecutor said an EMT “should know better”
The ambulance lost control and rolled down a steep embankment; the toddler was not strapped in and is in intensive care
An EMS provider and patient were in the ambulance at the time but were uninjured
All five people on board made it out of the helicopter; the 18-year-old had to be cut from his seat
A truck failed to yield to the ambulance running lights and sirens
The off-duty first responders used a tow strap to pull the door open and free the driver
The driver ran through a crash scene and fatally struck another driver standing in the median with police and firefighters
There were no patients on board and no EMS providers were injured in the crash
All three crew members were wearing seat-belts and were not injured
A car crash set off a series of collisions involving 16 cars on a foggy Central California highway
The crash involved at least 50 commercial and private vehicles
The station should improve slow emergency response times; officials are unsure of the cost
Eric Oviedo suffered several fractured ribs, a head laceration, a concussion and bumps and bruises
Paramedics will be able to transmit live audio and video to ER doctors using Google Glass integration
The Ohio ambulance was transporting a patient to the hospital; no one was injured in the crash
The ambulance did not have a patient on board at the time of the crash
Increasing the number of ambulances in a regionalized fleet maintenance program gives paramedic chiefs more influence with vendors
