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.
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MedStar’s Matt Zavadsky and NASEMSO’s Dia Gainor discuss traffic incident management and EMS’s role in multi-agency response after 133 vehicle pileup
Firefighters, EMTs and paramedics across the country brave freezing temperatures, face record call volumes and remind community members to stay safe in the cold
Los Angeles County is sending dozens of search-and-rescue crewmembers, along with six search dogs and three structural engineers
Nearly 100 Los Angeles County firefighters and structural engineers and a half-dozen specially trained dogs were sent to Turkey to help with rescue efforts
Paterson firefighters used a winch to separate the cars and medical tools to retrieve the man’s leg, Chief Brian McDermott said
The patient was alert throughout the rescue
Oceanside firefighters found the man lying on the ground between two homes, and EMS providers transported the patient
“You don’t expect to actually see a giant hole where a bridge used to be — a bridge that I had driven across thousands of times,” said Paramedic Jon Atkinson
“‘He intentionally tried to kill us,’” Neha Patel told paramedics, according to San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe
In San Diego, first responders freed and transported people trapped or injured by fallen trees
Upton police, fire and EMS members and mutual aid partners carried the man out of a wooded area and transported him to a hospital
Agata Sarkis was finishing her shift in Milton when she covered the bird with a blanket and transported it to a fire station
Accountability for displaying proper patient lifting and moving – whether it’s physically lifting patients or utilizing equipment – rests at the top of the agency
Crewmembers have endured nonstop days and received thanks while using “all of your skill set of everything that you’ve learned and prepared for”
It was “sheer luck the car landed where it was,” said Battalion Chief Dave Seneviratne
“They all saved my life,” recounted Derek Oldfather, whose leg became trapped in a conveyor belt on a job site
Ethan Moriniti, 20, immediately began CPR and used an AED before first responders arrived
Two teens were hospitalized after the 16-year-old attempted to rescue her 17-year-old friend who was pulled under by a current near a waterfall
The trench did not have shoring in place to prevent a collapse, Allentown Fire Capt. John Christopher said
Lompoc firefighters rescued all three of them, and EMS transported the mother and child to a hospital
Firefighters rescued L.A. motorists, and the weather service warned that areas scarred by wildfires are at risk of mudslides
In Sonoma County, Occidental Volunteer Fire Chief Ronald Lunardi said a child believed to be under 2 years old died Wednesday night after a tree fell on a home
“The man grunted, fluttered his eyelids,” said Lt. Adam Jordan after he used an AED on the collapsed man. “I talked to him a little bit, I said, ‘Welcome back.’”
The rescue of four people who survived took hours and involved helicopters and firefighters rappelling down the cliffside
Firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools, a rope system and a helicopter to extricate and move the two children and two adults
The team included Eldridge firefighters, Medic EMS paramedics, AirCare Emergency Transport medical staff and a surgical team from University Hospitals
San Bernardino firefighter-medics descended and began treating the patient, and their colleagues set up a rope system to bring them all back up
A woman was rescued after slipping on ice near the summit of California’s Cucamonga Peak and fell; another hiker found her and called for help
Alex Sabo pulled college student Christina Poirier from the fiery vehicle; her mother thanked him by facilitating the EMT scholarship and additional honors
Deb Neuman thinks her rescuer was likely an EMT for a local fire department in either Holden, Brewer or Ellsworth
EMS providers transported the driver; Firefighters are concerned that the structure may fall further
The rear of the home partly collapsed, and the Unity firefighters were treated on scene
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