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.
Hypothermic patients, multi-systems trauma and slippery scenes present difficult decision-making challenges for rescuers
Crush syndrome can be expected following any event where patients are trapped for a length of time
A structure collapse response is going to be bigger than just your crew, so requesting ample resources early can go a long way as technical rescue teams assemble
A smartphone video captures a 71-year-old man enter a river to assist a man collapsed on a rock and partially submerged
It took an all-terrain vehicle to free the man because an ambulance couldn’t fit inside the tunnel
1 person may have been critically injured by the collapse caused by a box truck that hit a canopy support
Officers responded to a call for a baby locked inside a car; when they couldn’t find the owner, they decided to act
A car crashed into the ambulance, which was not transporting a patient at the time
The man crawled for four days with his leg broken before two motorcyclists found him and called emergency crews
The firefighters quickly assessed the woman’s wound and provided treatment; she was rushed to a local hospital and received several doses of anti-venom
“Everyone kept their cool. I think that’s what really kept us together.”
Police, fire and EMS responders followed their local protocol to wait for the water rescue team to make entry and extricate the man in distress
The Utah woman had plunged several hundred feet off a steep road; calls for help heard by sightseers
Calif. emergency personnel, called out for an infant in a hot car, quickly broke into a car before realizing the infant was a lifelike doll
The man leaped into the scalding waters to save his two labradors
Steve-O climbed a crane in Hollywood to protest SeaWorld, drawing dozens of emergency responders to the rescue
The driver, four passengers and a person in the building were injured
Paramedics call for a high-angle rescue when the woman could not be moved through her front door
3 children were killed and triage was established for those injured after the bus overturned around a curve on a wet road
The death toll has climbed to 104, including 21 firefighters, making the disaster the deadliest for Chinese firefighters in more than six decades
The 10-year-old boy was stuck on the cliff about 100 feet above ground; officials aren’t sure how he got there
Preparing ahead is extremely important when volunteering in a developing country
An alligator bit off a woman’s arm just above the elbow; the woman is doing “as good as she can be” after multiple surgeries
Five ambulances and more than 80 firefighters responded when Steve-O climbed a 100-foot crane to protest Sea World
There was a significant post-crash fire; officials don’t know the cause of the crash
The man was cleaning the escalator and his lower leg became trapped inside the machinery
Brendon Cousino, 30, was “heavily entrapped” in his car and had no pulse when emergency crews arrived
The woman suffered serious injuries when the tree landed on her bed; it took rescue workers more than two hours to free her
EMS and fire crews performed a logistically difficult rescue to extricate uninjured man from the truck’s bin
Fire chief: “If they know they’re going to be charged, they’re going to be less likely to call in. They could put themselves in more danger”
Cameras captured the dramatic rescue after the girl survived nearly 14 hours hanging upside down in her seat
A group of Lexington police, firefighters and paramedics will travel to Johnson County to help repair property and assist with emergency medical services
