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
At least three people on board died when the jet crashed into one home, setting it and two others on fire
There was a chain reaction crash when a car hit a bear, a second car stopped to help the first car, and all were hit by a third car; four with critical injuries were airlifted
They worked with the fire department to learn how patient’s are extricated from vehicles, and other pre-hospital care
A 17-year-old driver was extricated after crossing the center line and hitting the ambulance head on
As part of routine procedure, the the agency is investigating a collision where the driver of a truck was extricated after hitting an ambulance
He was transported to trauma center with hip and leg injuries
Copter was in flames with two people trapped when firefighters arrived; they extricated one and tried to resuscitate him but was later pronounced dead
Dozens injured after two buses collide on Tenn. highway
Medic, driver, pediatric patient, and family member taken to hospital for non-serious injuries
Five people were hurt when an ambulance collided with a car and tractor trailer while responding to another crash involving the vehicles
We were all kids once, and most of us did some crazy things; sometimes the life we envisioned is snuffed out by reckless abandon
Two adults and four children were ejected when the buggy ran a stop sign; a 3-month-old was airlifted to a hospital
Nine cars were involved in a chain-reaction crash and police say many of the drivers were going too fast
She was pronounced dead after a car ran a light light and triggered a five-vehicle crash
At least six people were hurt in the Md. crash, including two EMS providers who were treated and released
One driver involved in the crash said a woman who got out of her car was hit by another vehicle.
Woman transported to hospital by ambulance with minor injuries
The bus went down an embankment and overturned after striking a restaurant overhang earlier; driver fatigue is expected
He was charged with negligent homicide for allegedly running a red light in a 2012 collision that killed an elderly woman
The pilot was killed, but a couple sleeping just inches away were spared after the plane slammed into their living room
He was sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of aggravated manslaughter for the 2012 accident that killed an EMT and a patient
The two managed to climb out of their overturned vehicle; they both escaped with minor injuries
EMTs were treating two patients in a collision when a third vehicle rammed into them on the side of a freeway
No medics were hurt; they were responding to a driver that lost control on snowy roads and crashed into a creek
A flight photographer’s PR assignment quickly changes as he captures the response to a serious medical call
Paramedics transported the child to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries
The man stepped out in the middle of the four-lane road in front of the fire truck; the driver of the rig will not be charged
According to the S.C. Department of Transportation, “secondary crashes account for 30 percent of the crashes and 18 percent of those end up being fatal”
