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.
Here’s a fire and EMS look at how personnel from the Cincinnati Fire Department handled the rescue call for a 3-year-old trapped in a gorilla exhibit
Once the shooter is dead or apprehended, the top mission for police and EMS is to stop the dying from bleeding and airway compromise
The nation’s medical tactical response team answers the call when mass casualty medical care is needed
The off-duty first responders spotted the wreck in a ditch while on their way to go hunting
Emergency crews spent hours pulling survivors and bodies from wrecked buildings
Federal officials will review whether the show breaches patient privacy rules
Former Detroit Paramedic Michael Hood used the rescue as an opportunity to remind parents to teach their kids about the dangers of icy water
A comparison in polls shows a dramatic shift in how EMS providers perceive the need to arm paramedics
Firefighters were on the scene within 19 seconds and paramedics were in the car to help injured driver Ryan Newman within 35 seconds
What recent legislative changes mean for equipping, arming and tactically training SWAT and TEMS medics
Officials said the woman sustained severe injuries to both hands and all of her fingers
The St. Louis Fire Department says the partnership with the show has been successful, but some believe it may breach patient privacy
The FDNY nominated the paramedics for the Daily News Hometown Heroes award for saving the unconscious man from lethal CO exposure
EMS providers will now be able to use pet oxygen masks and give out “Pets Inside” decals for pet parents
Three people were rescued from the LifeMed plane after it made an emergency water landing on Thursday morning
The organization lost 18 volunteers who either left the squad to pursue jobs, attend college or relocated
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ryan Fontaine helped EMS providers free a 91-year-old woman from an ambulance stuck in a slough
The paramedic told reporters they found no survivors on the island; American tourists are among the missing
The process took about an hour and involved two engines, one ladder truck, police units and an ambulance
The potential for a confusing operational picture existed during the opening minutes of the response to the latest school shooting tragedy in Santa Clarita, California
A tractor-trailer and several other vehicles were involved in the crash, which shut down part of Interstate 75 near Tampa
James Boyce feared he would bleed out after the gator attack, but a rescue helicopter and good Samaritans in a buggy managed to transport him to safety
The rescue required the efforts of all 11 on-duty personnel using technical rescue skills and equipment to safely bring the man down
The helicopters enable emergency medical transport, still and swift water rescue, search and rescue, high angle rescue and fire suppression/aerial reconnaissance for Travis County, Texas
Paula Turner was on vacation with her husband in Mexico when she lost consciousness, spurring Oklahoma Paramedic Jeremy Fern to spring into action
James Prudenciano had bought the watch two days earlier and chose to activate the “fall detection” feature
Products displayed at the EMS World Expo will help providers stop the bleed and transport patients to definitive care
The tapes depict stranded riders crying, pleading for help for people with health conditions and in one case a man who had passed out, all when the gondolas broke down Oct. 5
Fire Chief Tim McConnell said work began Thursday in hopes of bringing the multi-ton structures down ahead of approaching tropical weather
Rescue workers and search dogs have been in and out of the structure, hoping to find the lone missing worker alive
A video showed a metal structure tumbling to the ground and people running from the scene as clouds of dust billowed up
Kimberly Stephens, a 20-year paramedic veteran, broke nearly every major bone in her body
First responders worked together to help evacuate 82 residents and five staff members from a three-alarm fire at a senior living facility
