Ambulance Safety
This directory offers a curated selection of articles on Ambulance Safety, focusing on best practices for EMS professionals. Topics include safe driving techniques, equipment securing, and protocols to minimize risks during transport. Prioritizing Ambulance Safety is essential for protecting both patients and EMS personnel. Additionally, explore our resources on emergency vehicle operations, which are closely related to maintaining safety standards in the field. Use this directory to stay informed and ensure that your ambulance operations adhere to the highest safety standards.
We can apply the 5 Es of CRR to distracted driving to better protect our first responders operating on roadways
U.S. EMS agencies have been ordering options that make rigs safer and more comfortable for providers and patients
Current challenges, issues and solutions common to both U.S. and Australia EMS, including hospital handovers and lights and siren responses
The crew was transporting a patient when the ambulance hit a utility pole in Chapel Hill
The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating the fatal incident
EMT Richard McMahon praised his partner鈥檚 response and said he expects to undergo 鈥渁 lot of physical therapy but also emotional therapy鈥�
Kevin Tirrel McCorvey is accused of having drugs, alcohol in his system and failing to properly secure the patient
Charges are pending against the suspect, who reportedly shot the 25-year-old EMT in the ambulance
The three Wyoming Medical Center staff members and two flight crew members were not seriously injured, and the patient was admitted to the hospital
A Stevens County Fire District 7 ambulance was rammed on the road, and District 2 reported the theft of a truck and equipment
Wilmington Fire and Rescue warned the public to 鈥渟low down and proceed with caution around emergency vehicles responding with their lights on鈥�
The crew had been transporting a patient in Waukegan and rendered aid while other EMS providers were en route
A tractor-trailer hit the Brewster Fire Department ambulance, pushing it into a guardrail and median
Police found the stolen Mescalero Apache Tribe rig less than a mile away from a medical center, and they later found Dustin Poolaw
Brooke Burton and Bryan Wilson join the podcast to discuss the NEMSQA Quality Improvement Initiative
An Interview with Jay Fitch, PhD, about Pinnacle 2022 and beyond
All five people involved were injured, but the first responders treated the other vehicle鈥檚 occupants
Before calling EMS, Greer police found the man under a house
The Superior Ambulance crewmembers were not hurt
The Amherst Fire Fighters Local 1764 is advocating for improvements in staffing and equipment after an older, backup rig was used to transport patients
An EMS provider, a child being transported and the truck driver were hurt in the crash which flipped the rig
The driver ran into oncoming traffic on an Ill. interstate before being tackled by officers
Two EMS providers with Mobile Medical Response sustained minor injuries
David Worley, whose 21-year-old passenger died in the wreck, was critically injured when his vehicle hit the Fond du Lac Fire Rescue rig
Two EMS providers were transported to a hospital, but none of the injuries were said to be serious
A Bargersville Fire Department ambulance became available just in the nick of time to escort Sara O鈥橠aniels to receive a new liver and kidney
The suspect fought a nurse and two officers before fleeing the hospital sans gown and stealing an ambulance from a crew unloading a patient
Members of a least a dozen agencies from across Arizona attended a memorial for Brendan Bessee, who died in an ambulance crash
The Ulster Hose Company No. 5 crew was removing a patient from the vehicle when it rolled backward, causing broken bones and facial injuries
The police report states that two of the drivers could not see an overturned semi or a Good Samaritan, who became injured
The bus driver was not found to be impaired at the time of the incident and had received adequate rest from the prior day鈥檚 shift
The Salt River Fire Department has 鈥渁 rotation right now where our guys are standing by at the hospital nonstop until he wakes up,鈥� said Capt. Ray Martinez
Footage from a bystander on scene showed the man refusing to move out of the way of the ambulance and later resisting police officers
