Angel One - Arkansas Children's Hospital - CCT Non-injury incident

Date: 01/14/2007 1930 CST

Program: Angel One - Arkansas Children's Hospital
	800 Marshall Street, Slot 604
	Little Rock, AR  72202

Model: 2004 International

Type: Type III

Weather: Rain

Road: Wet

Team: EMT, RN, RRT. No injuries reported. No patient. 

Description: 
	Neonatal Critical Care Transport Team was en route to Batesville,
	Arkansas for a neonatal patient.  While traveling on the interstate a
	pickup truck in front of the ambulance traveling in the same direction
	hydroplaned on the wet roads and spun clockwise and struck the right
	front fender, passenger side steps and the patient compartment of the
	ambulance.  This forced the ambulance off of the interstate into the
	median where the ambulance struck a guardrail causing damage to the
	left front fender, a flat tire and caused the driver?s side steps to
	detach from the ambulance.

Additional Info: 
	No patient was on board at the time of the accident.  The ambulance
	was operating in non-emergency mode.  Another neonatal team was
	dispatched to complete the transport.
	

Source: Sedley A. Tomlinson, Safety Coordinator

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