Slidell police said a 17-year-old who tried to steal an ambulance on Tuesday didn't get far -- because there was an EMT in the back. Paramedic Julia Brinkman stopped by her home on the 1500 block of West Hall to pick up some items for work, police said. While she was inside, her … [Read more...]
AMBULANCE AND FIRE ENGINE COLLIDE – ILLINOIS
A Woodstock firetruck and ambulance collided on Greenwood Road just north of Route 120 about 9:15 a.m. as the firetruck was turning around to return to the station and the ambulance was going to the scene of the crash. The six crew members in the two vehicles reported minor aches … [Read more...]
MOBILE MEDICS AT RISK – MAINE
Cindy Gorham sat in the back of the ambulance tending to a patient who was demanding painkillers. Gorham refused. The man grabbed a nearby pen and stabbed the Scarborough paramedic in the back of her hand. Gorham quickly applied first aid to the puncture and got back to work. She … [Read more...]
NORTH MISSISSIPPI HELICOPTER CRASH
A medical helicopter headed to the Regional Medical Center crashed on Saturday, July 28, 2007. The four people onboard weren't seriously hurt. It happened around 2:00 a.m. while the chopper was taking off in Marks, MS, which is in northern Mississippi. The Air Evac Lifeteam was … [Read more...]
AIR-EVAC CHOPPER CRASHES EN ROUTE TO MED – MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
An Air-Evac helicopter carrying four people crashed just after lift off early Saturday. The chopper was leaving the Quitman County hospital in Marks, Mississippi while transporting a patient to the MED. All four people survived. But, now investigators are asking what … [Read more...]
An accident involving a suspected drunken driver and an ambulance knocked out power to thousands Wednesday and shut down a busy intersection. Police say David Robert Boone ran a red light at the intersection of Cary Parkway and Kildaire Farm Road and struck the ambulance, which … [Read more...]
THREE DEAD IN BASTROP SHOOTOUT; EMS PERSONNEL INJURED – TEXAS
Local authorities now are assisting in the search for a Texas woman connected to an afternoon shootout that killed two Bastrop police officers and a criminal suspect.About 6:45 p.m., Caddo sheriffs dispatchers issued a be on the look out order for 26-year-old Tayna or Tanya … [Read more...]