A firefighter was injured Thursday when a 17-year-old driver crashed into a fire truck at Mt. Elliot Street and Gratiot Avenue on Detroit’s east side. Firefighters were responding to a fire just around the corner when the teenage driver crashed an Impala into the side of the fire truck. One firefighter was taken to Detroit...Read More
DUANESBURG — Eyewitnesses rushed to help the driver of a Mohawk Ambulance that crashed into a tree on Western Turnpike in Duanesburg around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Brad Richmond sent cell phone video to NewsChannel 13. He says when he arrived, he ran to his car to get a tire iron to smash the driver’s side window....Read More
HARFORD COUNTY, Md. — A Harford County deputy and two paramedics needed treatment for potential exposure to heroin and fentanyl last week after responding to a drug overdose scene in Abingdon, showing the risks faced by first responders amid the growing opioid epidemic. A deputy with the sheriff’s office suddenly fell ill while responding to...Read More
An early morning accident involving a driver who fell asleep while driving an ambulance. This brings into question what do ambulance services do to make sure drivers are getting enough rest? In the City of Corpus Christi Firefighters are usually the ones driving ambulances. This is something they are taught while in the academy. A typical shift for...Read More
A patient and Banks County emergency medical personnel were injured when the ambulance they were in left the roadway and overturned Saturday night. The single-vehicle wreck involving the 2013 Dodge Ram ambulance happened at 9:25 p.m. May 20 on Ga. 51 east of Morris Gardiner Road, according to Georgia State Patrol Post 6 in Gainesville....Read More
Ambulance crashes are a major safety concern for workers and patients. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reviewed data from 45 special crash investigations from 2001-2015, and found that 84% of EMS workers were not wearing a seat belt in the patient compartment. For EMS workers, wearing a seat belt can be at odds with doing...Read More
