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 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
The road where the crash occurred had a massive landslide earlier in the week
Heavy rain caused the ambulance to go off the road overturn; two EMTs were also injured
The driver was charged with driving while impaired; none of the injuries were life-threatening
Three EMS providers and a 27-year-old who was arrested were all injured in the crash
When responders tried to rescue the driver, they were swarmed by bees and had to stay away
The lone 80-year-old passenger was killed and the pilot was injured when the single-engine plane went down
‘Hangover’ actor Ken Jeong stars in a CPR clip, and footage of a collision shows neither an ambulance nor a woman at a stop sign slowing down
The biker was pinned under the tire of the ambulance and died on arrival at a local hospital
His family sued the charity, similar to Make a Wish, after the terminally ill 14-year-old bit off his tongue, broke both legs, and later died in intensive care
The dad and Army sergeant was killed at the scene of the emergency landing and his 9-year-old daughter died in the hospital after they were hit by debris
A deaf father drove forward because his kids in the car were afraid; marchers began pounding on the car and when he tried to get through again he hit a 64-year-old woman
The ambulance stopped immediately and EMTs provided medical aid; the boy suffered bruises and broken bones
Hung Yu-ting escaped through a hole in the fuselage; she used the phone at a nearby house to call her father
One driver had head and leg injuries; the other driver was not hurt
The EMT didn’t realize he had hit the woman until onlookers screamed at him to stop
The plane crashed in a second landing attempt due to heavy rain and reduced visibility; responders used flashlight to peer into the wreckage for survivors
It was treated as an MCI, and a medical ambulance bus that can fit 14 stretcher patients or 26 seated patients was dispatched
She pulled out from the four-way stop and the ambulance, with lights and sirens running, plowed into her and flipped over
A teenager was killed when the Canadian tour bus overturned; most got out through the shattered windshield and emergency hatch in the roof
Nine of the injuries were serious; the crash signals maintenance problems and uneven speed
“Initially, you get that [it] kinda takes your breath away feeling, but then you have to compartmentalize it,” he said when recalling response to the rollover
A policy is being changed to require units to notify dispatch if they are close to an emergency scene following a serious crash
It was unclear what caused the train to derail; officials vigorously dismissed terrorism as a possible cause
The driver of the car died on the scene; most of the 19 people injured were described as “walking and wounded”
Bruce Pye suffered head and internal injuries; he was taken by ambulance to the hospital but was later pronounced dead
All 18 were taken by ambulance or helicopter to hospitals; officials didn’t know the extent of the injuries