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
Officers and firefighters at the scene did attempt to secure rescue boats, including from the U.S. Coast Guard
Residents maintain a report should have held first responders more responsible for Raymond Zack’s drowing off Crown Beach on Memorial Day
Firefighters eventually pulled May Elliot out of the well in the southern Erie County town of Collins
Corey Ziraldo and Brittany Thompson were presented the Captain David P. Dobbins Award for helping rescue the St. Louis woman who slipped while hiking
Alameda, Calif., has reinstated its water rescue program since 52-year-old Raymond Zack’s death on Memorial Day
After a Monday afternoon crash, troopers and other emergency responders searched the area for the car’s driver, but did not find him
Fire Lt. Jay Schwartz faces months of recovery and grueling rehabilitation before he can return to the job he loves
Seaside and Monterey firefighters responded, and the rescuer was able to bring the other teenager close enough for them to bring him ashore
A commercial fisherman called the Coast Guard after spotting Jorge Alejo Gonzalez, Juglar Riveras and Jose Miguel De Armas clinging to their capsized boat earlier Sunday
News footage showed dust roiling over dozens of cars, tractor-trailers and ambulances
It took rescuers about four hours to carry out the 260-pound man
The trouble started at a storage yard when a man in a wheelchair apparently disturbed the hive
Responders treated Edward Shove, 48, with oxygen on the scene and sent him to Berkshire Medical Center
For a New York City paramedic who had seen it all, the attacks on 9/11 changed everything
No criminal charges will be filed against the driver who abandoned a car on Rosedale Road in Princeton on Sunday, leading to the death of EMT/Rescue Technician Michael Kenwood
A Spokane-area man who broke his leg Saturday on a rugged Colville National Forest trail partially set his own leg and got a two-helicopter rescue with help from ham radio operators
Three teenagers were hypothermic but otherwise unharmed after they were knocked out of their kayaks on the Blackwater River on Monday night
Michael Kenwood, 39, had been hospitalized since he was pulled from the water early Sunday with undisclosed injuries
A spokesman for the Rockland County Emergency Operations Center says the child is in serious condition at a hospital burn unit
FDNY rescue workers were riding in boats to search bungalows that were floating down the street
Man was conscious and talked to workers during the rescue effort
A mother and her two daughters died in Friday’s flood after becoming trapped in their vehicle and rising water pinned it to a tree
Radio communication released Monday showed that emergency responders were quick to recognize the scope of the disaster
Police say the woman suffered a fractured lower back, fractured ribs and a collapsed lung and was unable to escape the vehicle
Park rangers said emergency medical responders performed CPR on Thursday but couldn’t revive the 64-year-old w
Two men say she was at fault and that saving her left them with disabling injuries
After the attack, the teens applied first aid, set up camp and activated a personal locator beacon they carried to be used only for an emergency