Rescue
The rescue topic covers a range of tactical considerations for performing rescues or after natural disasters. Use this page to find tips all types of rescue in fire and EMS.
Tips for the unique challenges of accessing and extricating patients from recreational trails
Three helicopters, 14 units of blood and a trauma team flown into action — the Jan. 12 crash shows how Maryland is redefining field medicine with hospital-grade interventions on-scene
A delayed arrival and sharp instincts led to a lifesaving intervention by Maryland EMS clinicians when a fan went into sudden cardiac arrest
Two paramedics climbed onto their vehicle after becoming trapped in fast-moving floodwaters during Hurricane Lala
Shannon O’Neill-Gentry and Grant Gentry stopped at an El Dorado County crash and helped free a trapped woman as flames spread through her vehicle
Westford firefighters and a surgical team worked for over two hours to free a worker whose arm became trapped in machinery about 10 feet above the ground
California lifeguard Ryder Williams reunited with the 10-year-old boy he rescued in Santa Cruz as President Donald Trump praised his actions
Athens-Clarke County firefighters spent more than an hour freeing a worker trapped in machinery before a hospital trauma team was brought to the scene
Dispatch-provided coordinates helped crews locate the injured 18-year-old in a remote area near Laurel River Dam
Minneapolis public safety officials say urban exploration is fueling a growing number of dangerous rescues and warned that these incidents put both trespassers and first responders at risk
Videos highlight the challenges of treating firefighters in rugged terrain with limited access to transport
A California lifeguard battled powerful waves to save a boy swept into the ocean, prompting praise from President Donald Trump
Acadian Ambulance honored more than a dozen responders who saved a cardiac arrest patient with no neurological deficits
The St. Francois County responders performed CPR for about six minutes before the boy began breathing again
A New Hampshire woman said yes after her hiking companion proposed while rescuers prepared to carry her off Mount Kearsarge
Flash flooding swept across central Texas, killing two people and forcing more than 200 water rescues as more heavy rain threatened the region
Rescuers pulled people from San Francisco Bay after a three-deck pontoon boat sank during a family memorial service
Emergency crews rescued hundreds of people from floodwaters, rooftops and stranded vehicles as heavy rain swept through Missouri and forced the evacuation of more than 200 summer campers
Miami Fire-Rescue personnel helped save a man trapped beneath rubble for eight days following Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes
First responders rescued a woman suffering from dehydration and heat exposure after she was trapped for several days in a sewage-filled ravine
At least 1,450 people have died, more than 3,100 have been injured and hundreds of aftershocks continue to hamper search-and-rescue efforts as international teams work to find survivors
A South Orange EMT attending the parade used Narcan to revive a man who appeared to have overdosed after he collapsed atop a subway entrance canopy
Montgomery Fire/Rescue Lt. Demetrius Gilmore was playing pickleball when he helped perform CPR and use an AED on a man in cardiac arrest
A business jet carrying six people crashed and caught fire on a highway near Laredo, prompting dramatic rescue efforts by bystanders
A Westfield Fire Department blood drive brought together the first patient treated through the program with the paramedics who helped deliver lifesaving blood after a serious crash
Two off-duty medics and two nurses helped revive a 5-year-old boy after he fell into a resort pool in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Southborough firefighters used technical rescue skills to free the injured man from a tree before he was airlifted to a hospital
Specialized cave and swift-water rescue teams worked through flooded roads and dangerous conditions to pull 14 people safely from two Jackson County caves
Kent County EMS recognized survivors, responders and bystanders during its annual Survivors Reunion, including EMS Chief John Tinger, who survived a cardiac arrest at work
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