26-Year-Old Emergency Medical Technician Dies in Multiple Fatality Ambulance Crash - Kentucky

doi:10.26616/NIOSHFACE200111

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26-Year-Old Emergency Medical Technician Dies in Multiple Fatality Ambulance Crash - Kentucky

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
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On May 15, 2001, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician (the victim) died when the ambulance she was working in was struck head-on by a motorist. The emergency medical technician (EMT) had been riding unrestrained in the ambulance patient compartment while attending an elderly patient during a nonemergency medical transport. As the ambulance was traveling along a two-lane rural highway at about 55 miles per hour (mph) a motorist operating a pickup truck left of the centerline in excess of 70 mph approached the ambulance head-on. The paramedic driving the ambulance attempted to avoid collision by turning left-of-center; however, the motorist's pickup struck the right-side front quarter of the ambulance. During the collision, the EMT struck the front bulkhead of the patient compartment. The paramedic had been driving unrestrained and suffered severe injury. The motorist and elderly patient also suffered fatal injuries. The EMT and paramedic were airlifted to a local trauma center. The EMT died en route of blunt force trauma to the head and chest. The paramedic suffered multiple serious injuries including a broken leg and recovered after a stay in the hospital.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accidents Emergency-responders Injuries Injury-prevention Motor-vehicles Occupational-safety-programs OSHA Region 4 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Traumatic-injuries
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Motor Vehicles (0016)

All (0000) ; Motor Vehicles (0016) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

NIOSH (In-House)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE200111
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Grant
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4

Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Division:

DSR - Division of Safety Research
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

6 pages
Contributor:

Moore, Paul H.;Romano, Nancy T.;
NIOSHTIC Number:

20024318
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2005-100578
Citation:

Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Federal Fiscal Year:

2003
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

62 - Health Care and Social Assistance - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

2001/05/15
Resource Number:

FACE-2001-11
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

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urn:sha-512:82dbe759bfd7a88e3154ed710c2fd02eef15cf629c793850983906fa7982fb308ac9baac13c9d0ac123e091f2894c87d287f2fdcfd6084dcc336f6f5e133116f
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