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
The ambulance was responding to an emergency call and wasn’t transporting any patient when the crash occurred
The Pennsylvania woman accelerated suddenly while parking, smashing into the wall of a hospital emergency room
Barry Miller died in the line of duty when the ambulance he was riding in rear-ended a construction vehicle
The driver lost control of the overcrowded 16-passenger van after a tire had a blowout
The EMT and volunteer firefighter also struck with his car and killed a 29-year-old pregnant woman in a separate incident
Daniel Hampton, 35, died in the line of duty after his ambulance collided with a semi
They removed the patient from the ambulance and pushed the gurney two blocks up the steep hill to a hospital
Several hospitals are expected to treat about 25 people injured in the crash
The ambulance was responding to another crash when it collided with the SUV
Officers tried to stop the vehicle for a traffic violation but the vehicle sped away and police gave chase
He said the bright side of the viral news is it shows the public the compassion of first responders as they do their jobs even in serious situations
“Everyone kept their cool. I think that’s what really kept us together.”
Speed is believed to be a factor in the crash that killed firefighter-EMT Kevin McMaken
Her 9-year-old child, left in the car, was injured when the reversing vehicle collided with a school bus
The EMT was driving the ambulance at the time of the rear-end collision; the condition of other patients has not been released
The bus had just finished its run, and was empty but for the driver
Seventy-four percent of EMS fatalities are transportation related
Use a distracted driving policy to educate personnel on the risks of distracted driving and to set clear expectations for in-vehicle behavior
The man was driving to work when he hit the 9-month pregnant driver, who was then forced into labor
National Transportation Safety Board Alaska Chief Clint Johnson said it was “way too early for any speculation” on what caused the crash
A 63-year-old man died after his motorcycle hit an ambulance on an emergency call
The bus flew off the overpass and onto the road below while trying to avoid another vehicle
On three different occasions the drivers fell asleep while transporting patients, causing two deaths and at least one serious injury
The ambulance was transporting an elderly patient, who was not injured, back home
The Utah woman had plunged several hundred feet off a steep road; calls for help heard by sightseers
Jerry Jackson Jr., 49, died at the scene from injuries sustained in the four-vehicle wreck
The woman, 86, was being transferred between facilities at the time of the collision
The patient riding in the ambulance at the time of the collision has life-threatening injuries