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.
From a marathon runner who performed CPR on the course to a college student who stopped class to help his professor, these EMS providers stepped up to render aid in unexpected circumstances
Motor vehicle collisions might be down nearly 50%, but don’t let down your guard on the roadway or neglect your extrication skills or training
A comparison in polls shows a dramatic shift in how EMS providers perceive the need to arm paramedics
Five Task Forces, including search dogs and their handlers, have been activated for Hurricane Ian and deployed in or around Florida
The bystanders pulled the man from his sinking vehicle and started performing CPR, but he later died after being transported to a medical facility
During an evacuation, there was a flashover or collapse and one firefighter fell down a flight of stairs, according to Springfield Assistant Chief Matthew Smith
Paid and volunteer firefighters worked together to answer hundreds of calls for rescues
Seven fire trucks, six ambulances and a medical helicopter responded to the incident, and providers transported victims to four area medical centers
What to expect as task forces deploy to hurricane ravaged areas
Most of the injured people were senior citizens; EMS providers transported six to hospitals
Rescuers lowered a South Walton Fire District firefighter-paramedic into the hole to treat the man’s injuries before he could be hoisted out
Fish and Game called a National Guard helicopter to evacuate the 39-year-old woman, who had been hiking Mount Cabot at the time of the emergency
Heavy fire and smoke caused confusion about who was injured, said LAFD Deputy Chief Richard Fields, who described the extrication and transport timing
Using an app that shares GPS coordinates, Deerfield firefighters were directed to the injured man’s location
When Ryan McConnaughey realized he couldn’t move anything below his neck, he activated his watch using voice control to call for help
After the driver’s own vehicle overturned and ejected him onto an Interstate 75 overpass, he leaped over a concrete barrier and into deep water
The two injured Litchfield firefighter-paramedics extricated themselves and began treating the person in the passenger vehicle
McLean Volunteer Fire Department’s Timo Klotz helped free three people trapped under debris after an Uber driver crashed a car into the building
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“We’re really proud how this showed the whole system works, from the dispatcher, the firefighters to the bystanders,” said Decatur Fire & Rescue Fire Chief Tracy Thornton
The hunter fired a gun to summon nearby hunters for help in the Los Padres National Forest
The Madison Fire Department’s Heavy Urban Rescue Team assisted the DeForest Fire Department and Sun Prairie EMS
Orange County Battalion Chief Michael Morganstern said crewmembers gave the girl pain medication while disassembling the mechanism
Firefighters rescued people from flooded homes and saved people and dogs in a swift water rescue on the Gauley River
Bystanders helped move the patient, and first responders “packaged him and carried him to the ambulance,” the Transylvania County Rescue Squad said
The victims, according to police, were stuck in waist-deep mud and were exhausted
Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said first responders restored the patient’s pulse before transferring him to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
The man, Ivan, and a friend were caught in powerful currents over the weekend off the coast of Greece
Justin Morrow, who was one day from returning to work full-time following an injury, rushed to help a man and two children after a rollover crash
NYPD and FDNY divers pulled a boy and woman from the murky water and medics rendered aid, but the two patients died
Orange Fire Rescue EMS assessed the skydiver, who was transported via a UMass Memorial LifeFlight helicopter
The truck was lifted by the town’s rescue engine and the patient was freed within 10 minutes of the first responders’ arrival
A technical rescue team, Stamford police and Stamford EMS responded, treated and transported her
An EMT who spoke Spanish helped put the man at ease during the multi-agency rescue, police said
