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
“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
Lexington County authorities said the family had been taking photos
As they alerted firefighters to the blaze, the EMTs and medics rescued a man and four dogs and searched for a mother and baby
Firefighter Megan Warfield leapt into action to help a victim in an overturned car after being involved in a multi-vehicle crash – and gave birth 23 hours later
At least three people were hospitalized after the storm hit Iberia Parish
The year was full of disaster responses but also brought impressive extrications, off-duty saves, helpful Boy Scouts and a rampaging camel
The man had fallen from a midrise building’s eighth floor to the seventh floor and had 1-inch rebar through his left hip and center chest area
Nine Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue firefighters and a medic unit responded after the injured driver slept overnight in the cold trunk as water got into the vehicle
The survivors have claims worth more than $10 million, attorneys for the families said
Crews found one of the victims sprawled out on top of the elevator; the other victim was underneath the elevator
Cache County Fire District members, state troopers and EMS providers were responding to three other crashes at the time
The rig flipped onto its side, and one passenger in the Jeep had to be extricated
About three hours later, the sheriff’s office determined the rescue was complete
The rescue happened more than seven hours after the man “split from another hunter he had been with” and vanished into the swamp
The single-engine aircraft was ensnared about 100 feet off the ground, and the rescuers used a crane
Sans gear, Nicholas Perri Jr. “gained access to the well-involved vehicle and successfully removed the badly injured female driver,” the Brookfield FD said
Elizabeth Sauls was spending a day off from Kirk’s EMS with her mother and brother when all three jumped into action
Two other firefighters sustained minor injuries in the two-alarm commercial district fire in Queens
Emily Cullen and Angel Navarez helped the cardiac arrest patient regain consciousness before EMS providers arrived
More than 100 firefighters and other rescue personnel responded to the scene of a partial building collapse, heavy fire conditions and multiple injuries
South Montgomery and Spring FD crews rescued a man from the dangling big rig; and EMS providers transported the critically injured box truck operator
