Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders鈥� job.
Why EMS should use preparatory commands
It took police, firefighters and EMS working together to get this patient to the ambulance
Knowing how xylazine presents clinically, as well as how it impacts overdose management is important for any provider responding to illicit drug overdoses
Chief Freddie LaFemina recalls the unimaginable scene at Ground Zero and the relentless work to find his brother firefighters
First responders from several departments and agencies worked the scene in Old Saybrook
Authorities charged the driver with criminal vehicular homicide after striking Methodist Hospital employees outside a St. Louis Park restaurant
36 patients were transported to hospitals after a bus overturned on Interstate 20 near Bovina
First responders arrived to find the Ragley house leveled, on fire and debris thrown some distance
A landslide damaged houses in the city of Ketchikan and caused a mandatory evacuation
A van carrying 14 people rolled over several times after it went off the highway in Alvord
The wrongful death lawsuit accuses the paramedics of negligence by failing to properly use and monitor medical equipment, including oxygen devices
Sources said a tire on a plane exploded at the wheel and brake shop
First responders worked to find signs of life inside an excavator buried under rocks and boulders at a quarry in Sterling
The deaths of two people in the flooding have led first responders to talk about the losses and grief
A woman was killed and a man injured in a suspected propane explosion in Jefferson Township
First responders faced several rescues from vehicles and homes as storm system hit states
The John Wesley Foster Act requires schools to have mandated training, AEDs and response plans
John Papendick held many positions in the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps and will be remembered for his caring and giving heart
Authorities said Matthew Perry had been receiving regular ketamine infusion treatments for depression
A teen worker died and another worker was injured after their aerial boom came in contact with power lines at the Great Bend Municipal Airport
Firefighters in Harford County were responding to a call for an outside gas leak when the house exploded before they arrived
Officials in Palm Beach County said the Ford Explorer failed to negotiate a turn, striking a guardrail before overturning
A tractor-trailer driver was killed when his rig went off a bridge near Tampa
Charles County EMS providers who were already at the stadium for the game, along with several volunteer first responders, began caring for patients within minutes
Before retiring, Susan worked as an EMT and Carl was a firefighter for the Lincoln Fire Department for 50 years; Susan was killed in the explosion
Anchorage Middletown Fire & EMS Department Sgt. Christian Smith drowned while swimming at Barren River Lake
Chelsea Jackson, an EMT at Piedmont EMS, and her son died after falling into the water at Wilson Creek Gorge
First responders in Rochester faced multiple patients after a shooting at Maplewood Park
First responders from at least 10 departments responded to the explosion in Lincoln
A vehicle that slowed down for an oncoming Springfield Township ambulance was struck from behind and sent into the path of the ambulance
During a congressional hearing, Kimberly Cheatle said the Secret Service was told about a suspicious person two to five times before the shooting at the Trump rally
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