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.
Amid the grief and devastation of survivors, many are sharing the courageous efforts of first responders, fellow residents, family members and even camp counselors who put their lives on the line to save others
Share these resources with your community members so they are better prepared to prevent and respond to drowning incidents
Steve Whitehead describes when you might encounter this scenario and how you should handle it
Around 50 responders created a CPR chain to keep the effort going after a neighbor pulled the boy, who has also recovered neurologically, out of a creek
Emergency responders overturn car to access hypothermic toddler; child has since been released from the hospital
The man jumped from an Idaho bridge; resuscitation efforts by bystanders and paramedics were unsuccessful
The cliché “knowledge is power” is essential to EMS.
Child upgraded to stable condition; her mother was found dead in the vehicle
He ran into a building filled with smoke and helped rescue an elderly man; he also treated a woman for smoke inhalation
Dramatic footage shows him losing consciousness during the jump and another skydiver coming to his aid
They used a newly acquired drone to record the simulated rescue of victim with a broken pelvis trapped 20 feet down a water well
Wis. rescue divers pull woman from vehicle submerged in icy river; Paramedics revived her
More than 20 rescue units spent nearly an hour and a half trying to extract the worker from the trench
The door was bolted, so he wiggled through an eight-inch opening to rescue an elderly woman who fell and was hypothermic
Firefighters walked a half mile to reach the injured men; 1 patient in serious condition
He wiggled through an eight-inch ‘wee hopper window’ to save an elderly woman who fell and was hypothermic
The machine became entangled in her hair as she slept, and she called responders with ‘a desperate rescue plea’
Scroll to the five-minute mark to hear dispatchers give the woman CPR instructions
Although 15 people were rescued there are still 24 missing passengers; pilot called mayday shortly after takeoff
A frustrated firefighter blasted the young man for putting himself and others in danger
The thin ice the boy was standing on looked like it could have buckled at any moment
2 killed, 73 injured including 21 babies that were rushed to other hospitals
Only two people had life vests and held the baby while in water for an hour until rescuers arrived; video shows the pilot deploying a parachute to bring the plane down due to fuel trouble
The bus driver had an unspecified medial emergency; a passenger sprang to action as the bus drifted into a concrete wall on the highway
Footage shows two AMR medics helping man from his smoking, wrecked truck just before flames burst from hood
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