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
The operation took place on the side of a cliff using climbing rope and a harness to keep him steady after his foot became jammed between two rocks
The medic put together a make-shift litter to transport the man to rescue crews after he slipped and fell, sustaining critical injuries
“Rescuers had to cross a crumbling rock ledge that was only 10 inches in some places with packs on, in the dark, with only headlamps.”
The toddler was not seriously injured and made a full recovery
Witnesses jumped into the water after the speeding SUV careened through a fence and into a river
One firefighter traversed the cliff face, waiting with the man until crews could extract him
His body was limp and cold, his eyes glazed and he had no pulse — but then a medic realized the 6-year-old’s head was bleeding
Flames and smoke erupted from the car’s hood as he wrestled the man from his wheelchair to safety
She threw a 10-year-old girl out of harm’s way but was pulled under the bus and dragged 40 feet during an evacuation drill gone wrong
Capt. Ian Buckley spent 8 days in the ICU, had 4 surgeries and was released with a vacuum pack sealed tightly around his leg to keep the wound clean
Responders treated the girl and carried her one-third of a mile to an ambulance, which transported her to a hospital
Rescue crews have been using boats and helicopters to drop food supplies for stranded families and evacuate victims
Rescuers freed 29 trapped miners, but halted efforts after being unable to reach five remaining men believed to be dead
Real-time thermal imaging and GPS transmitted victim’s locations to responders miles away from the center of storm
People tried to dig her out but the sand kept collapsing; police and then medics performed CPR once she was pulled free
Bob Baribeau and his team of six technical rescuers took nearly two hours of climbing through a crack in a jumble of boulders to reach her
They’re working to free at least four more using groups of five or 10 miners entering the mine on wooden ladders, tying themselves off and searching for those trapped
They spent a week in August taking the department’s boats to a river in Illinois to go over water rescue procedures
Cornerback Josh Shaw has been suspended for fabricating the heroic story that he sprained both ankles by jumping from a second-story balcony to pull the child out of a pool
The system gives paramedics specific epinephrine dosage information, which varies depending on a child’s size, before they even get to the scene
Football player Josh Shaw sprained both ankles jumping from balcony, then crawled to the pool to pull out the 7-year-old boy
The boy was taken to a hospital in serious condition but is expected to survive
Responders rescued at least six motorists in separate incidents; sporadic storms are expected to continue for the next few days
He was weak and unable to move on his own; search teams spent three hours packing him nearly two miles to meet a waiting ambulance
The teen was pale and shaken but could walk and talk; he was taken to a hospital with minor injuries
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