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
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
Solar-capturing technology has made it easier to keep ambulances and fire trucks fully charged without leaving them running, and saves money
Seven were hospitalized after the bus rolled onto its side and slid on a road through Grand Teton National Park
He had just finished his first 24-hour shift when he dozed off behind the wheel and woke up in the hospital
Medics had to extricate her from the wreckage after she blasted through the door while being pursued by a sheriff’s deputy
The accident involved one larger boat and two “open-fisherman-style” boats, but it’s unclear exactly how the crash happened
The vehicle was taken while he’s been in the hospital, and found with bullet holes throughout the vehicle
The teen failed to stop at an intersection and ran into the side of the ambulance, which “failed to exercise care to avoid colliding with a person riding a bicycle”