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.
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Remembering and honoring two AMR paramedics killed in an ambulance collision for their devotion to family, dedication to community and compassion for others
EMS, fire and hospital personnel describe interstate collision, patient entrapment and field amputation to save a man pinned inside his truck cab by 80,000 pounds of logs
Firefighter Megan Warfield leapt into action to help a victim in an overturned car after being involved in a multi-vehicle crash 鈥� and gave birth 23 hours later
The EMT said the patient punched and kicked her, leading to his arrest; his family claims his movements were injury symptoms
25.1% of the drivers tested positive for THC, and nearly 20% had blood-alcohol levels beyond legal limits
Firefighters have been using fireboats and drones, but the fire may burn for days, and DNA evidence has been lost
Nine Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue firefighters and a medic unit responded after the injured driver slept overnight in the cold trunk as water got into the vehicle
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Cache County Fire District members, state troopers and EMS providers were responding to three other crashes at the time
鈥淐ompletely broken heart": Clear Spring Volunteer Fire Company Capt. Mike Reid announced the death of his son Chief Zachary P. Reid
The rig flipped onto its side, and one passenger in the Jeep had to be extricated
In the June incident, the tail boom separated from the main body of the copter
Ohio House members added an amendment requiring a minimum 5-year prison sentence when the victim is a firefighter or EMS provider
鈥淥ur guys did exactly what they were trained to do,鈥� Vermilion Fire Chief Bill Brown said, describing how firefighters, officers and EMS providers responded
This year鈥檚 strangest tales involved a medic who won a lottery, providers treating family members, a heroic dispatcher, unfriendly animals and unique car crashes
The single-engine aircraft was ensnared about 100 feet off the ground, and the rescuers used a crane
Nick Theofilis worked for both Penn Hills EMS and White Oak EMS
鈥淭he critically injured patient I had just attended to, was my ... only child,鈥� Jayme Erickson wrote. 鈥淗er injures were so horrific I did not even recognize her鈥�
Sans gear, Nicholas Perri Jr. 鈥済ained access to the well-involved vehicle and successfully removed the badly injured female driver,鈥� the Brookfield FD said
Employees and shoppers were rendering aid when first responders arrived; EMS providers transported 16 people to hospitals
The injured patients were transported via Airmed and ground ambulance
鈥淲e have made a lot of progress, but there is still a lot of work to be done,鈥� said Carter Bevins, chief of the Neon Volunteer Fire Department
Crews rushed to move the injured recruits off a live electrical wire downed in the crash and stabilize as many patients as possible
鈥榃e need a tourniquet': LASD recruits render aid to wounded after driver plowed into them during run
鈥淲e need an airway for him,鈥� one recruit shouted, while another was heard repeatedly saying, 鈥淲e need help, here. Help, here.鈥�
All four people were transported to area hospitals
Sheriff Alex Villanueva said the range of the most serious injuries included head trauma, broken bones and 鈥渓oss of limb鈥�
South Montgomery and Spring FD crews rescued a man from the dangling big rig; and EMS providers transported the critically injured box truck operator
At least three people were flown to medical facilities due to their injuries
Another crew took over patient care
The apparatus landed on its side after crashing during a non-emergent response
Elyria crews were battling a semi-trailer blaze on the Ohio Turnpike when the blast occurred
St. Paul police officers and EMS providers received a report of a possible pedestrian hit by a vehicle but found the effect of an entanglement
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