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
Redwood City, Foster City, San Francisco and Alameda County emergency personnel began scouring the area by boat and helicopter late into the night Monday
Paramedics needed a chainsaw to remove large branches and free Kathleen Shino from a swamp last month
Minutes after the family’s van was washed away, a local emergency management official who was responding to the accident hit the same washout and plunged into the creek
Ned R. Florea wiggled his way to the trunk of a Hyundai Tiburon and found a pocket of air that kept him alive as rescue crews and a tow-truck driver frantically worked to get him out
A rescue team rigged ropes to get father and son out of the well, and a firefighter carried the boy up to safety
Eric Brimlow, 27, of Syracuse, N.Y., was visiting Crater Lake Monday morning, when he left the path and stairs leading down to the Sinnott Memorial Overlook
The plane was found upside-down and a wing had broken off, apparently as it crashed into trees
A 19-foot Chris Craft bow rider boat hit a U-shaped concrete structure close to the Hudson River’s eastern shore Sunday morning
Officials have been investigating how a woman could have been in the pool for two days without being noticed
Fire and Rescue crews climbed to the top of the waterfalls and rappelled down to the woman, who was conscious at the bottom of the falls
The boat tried to elude authorities before stopping around 4:30 a.m. about a dozen miles off Delray Beach
After storm, rescuers crawled over and through downed trees and damaged or destroyed buildings looking for pets
Demonstrators waded into the water while a retired Oakland firefighter demonstrated how he thinks the lifesaving effort should have been led
Memo indicates money was available and $20,000 from the current budget is being used to do the training
The worker was installing rubberized material used for waterproofing when it tumbled on to him, striking and injuring him, officials said
“There was not a single request from Alameda fire or police,” Alameda County Fire deputy chief David Lord said.
Rescuers pulled the boys out of the water, administered CPR and transported them to area hospitals
Would-be-rescuers must be strong swimmers and have proper equipment such as a buoy
Rescue delayed because local police and fire crews were not trained in land-to-water rescues
Nurse aboard the Royal Air Force search and rescue helicopter had whispered in man’s ear that Prince William was at the controls
The young girl riding her bicycle on the sidewalk was pinned under the bus when it fell on its side
The driver was alone in her car on the third level of a parking garage at Virginia Mason Hospital
A Pompano Beach Fire-Rescue says the man was in danger of being crushed by the pressure from the sand
All four had to be hoisted up the face of a rock cliff, due to their injuries and the remote location in which they landed
The video shows Timothy Shanahan Sr. being airlifted in rescue basket
Paramedics dropped the 73-year-old woman while transferring her to a rescue boat
NIMS is a template of procedures developed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and now practiced by fire departments and other emergency-responder units throughout the country
Helicopter crew lowered a paramedic to medically evaluate the man, who was uninjured, and prepare him to be hoisted into the helicopter
Rick Adobato, director of Fayette EMS, said the man suffered injuries to his torso and his legs
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