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
A 16-year-old crossed the center line and struck his car; Dru Randolph, 47, was also a fire lieutenant and set to retire this month
She lost control of her SUV while trying to change lanes and crashed into a concrete barrier
35-care pileup on I-93 in N.H. causes multiple injuries; none believed to be serious
Rebecca Serkey Memorial Foundation will grant scholarships for EMTs becoming paramedics
He attacked the blaze so responders could extricate a man, who later died, from a burning car after a collision
1 EMT airlifted, other ground transported to local hospitals; conditions unknown
Search in the Java sea is underway for plane that made last communication 42 minutes after takeoff
First responders prepare for possible explosions, pollution spills
Errant truck driver may have had medical emergency before losing control; at least 7 seriously injured
The teenager, celebrating 18th birthday, struck by train early Sunday morning; his father and other bystanders attacked medics and police coming to his rescue
Four people on board the ambulance were doing training, and suffered only bumps and bruises in the collision
Most Americans know texting and driving is dangerous but do it anyway; EMS can change this by educating children
She had two broken legs and a severed femoral artery from a compound fracture; he applied a tourniquet and treated her for shock until medics arrived
His body was discovered in his yard when responders visited his home after finding his damaged vehicle by an intersection
Despite their own injuries, they extricated themselves from their rolled ambulance and aided two other people hurt in a collision
The woman sustained a hip injury when she collided with another zipline rider
She suffered multiple injuries after a man attacked EMTs, stole an ambulance, and crashed into her car killing her friend; the man was arrested and suffered critical injuries
The 9-year-old driver tried to avoid a police checkpoint; a state trooper followed the car which ran off the road and overturned, ejecting two boys ages 3 and 13 who died
Colo. fire protection district approves charge for response to motor vehicle collisions and other emergencies
The couple was riding their motorcycle when an SUV pulled out in front of them at an intersection; they were both seriously hurt
Five ambulances responded to transport patients to area hospitals
“You answer the bell and when you get there, you find it’s your own flesh and blood. Believe me, there’s nothing worse,” one firefighter said
The driver can be seen in the video escaping the massive blaze by crawling out his windshield; one man was killed in the crash
Cam Newton taken to hospital by ambulance; has two transverse fractures in his lower back
The rapid response vehicle was responding to a nearby emergency when it crashed into the building
Police said speed and alcohol do not appear to be a factor in the collision
He stopped to a help at a collision on a bridge and pulled a semi-conscious driver from the vehicle as he saw flames
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
