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
John Morgan’s leg was amputated after the crash; doctors predict nine months before he can walk and two years before he can return to the job
The jury ruled there was no criminal negligence when an ambulance on a call and a car collided at a red light, killing an 18-year old girl in 2013
A driver traveling the wrong way struck the ambulance, causing it to flip; the boy was driven to the hospital in a police cruiser and died overnight
She is recovering after being hit and dragged by a car in May, and met four of the five medics who responded to the call
3 declared dead at the scene and 2 taken to the hospital after a small plane crashed near Denver; cause for the crash still unknown
Despite injuries after their ambulance flipped when hit by a wrong-way driver, they continued working on the boy who had suffered cardiac arrest
Most of the crashes were rear-end collisions and spin-outs that were hit by other vehicles during a dust storm that reduced visibility
They were driving behind the bus when it crashed near O’Hare Airport; 4 were seriously injured
A paramedic, pilot, nurse and patient all died when the plane crashed and burst into flames on the way to Phoenix; the cause is under investigation
Middle schoolers suffered minor injuries after a mechanical failure caused the driver to hit a tree; the bus company also had its registration revoked in 2009
Three boys were riding their bikes in a median and the ambulance veered off the road, hitting all three
No serious injuries were reported as a result of the crash
Without medical supplies, she used her body to control the bleeding of a fellow firefighter who’s arm was severed in a crash
One person was listed in critical condition after the three-vehicle crash that included an ambulance and an SUV
Andraes Lee Wagner, 31, was killed when his vehicle hit a tree
Four adults and three children were injured when a car crashed into a Los Angeles pizza shop, including a 5-year-old boy who has serious head trauma
The medic has been identified William Mallock; a second pilot and nurse survived the crash on the way back from dropping off a paitent
The ambulance drove off the exit ramp, hit a guardrail and rolled down an embankment
The driver died on the scene; two EMTs were treated for minor injuries
Two EMTs and a patient were treated for non-life-threatening injuries
He was making a left-hand turn when he was hit by an ambulance; the incident is under investigation
The lawsuit says rescuers were reckless and poorly trained
Six people have been killed, including a family of four, when an SUV speeding from police struck another vehicle southeast of Houston
The woman died at the scene; at least two others were treated for injuries
They were pulling out of the ambulance garage when they were struck by a box truck
The ambulance moved to avoid him as he was walking south on the shoulder of a highway, but he entered the highway and was struck in the northbound lane