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
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
All aboard were brought to safety after a boat carrying 75,000 gallons of diesel fuel began to sink about two miles off the island of Oahu
Two firefighter-paramedics rappelled down the Calif. seaside cliff with a rescue basket and reached the boy; two months after the accident he has returned home to his family
A man was airlifted with two broken legs after crashing into a tree at a ski resort
Construction crews taking down bridge when something went “terribly wrong”
Fire officials notified transit authorities of the radio problems four days before the incident that left one dead and 80 injured
They noticed something was wrong when the rig rolled through a light; they performed CPR and used an AED to save the driver’s life
4 Los Angeles police officers and 1 firefighter treated for CO exposure
New Zealand intensive care paramedics prep for offshore and coastal emergencies
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