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
One skier dug out another who was partially buried, and they dug out another man and administered CPR before rescuers arrived
Because the Japanese government had not received major international aid before, there were delays while officials figured out where rescue workers were needed and how they would get there
Rain and snow have not stopped his mission
How can emergency responders learn from historic, worst-case scenario events?
The team was also deployed to Haiti after the earthquake in January, 2010, where they made more than a dozen rescues
Covington Fire Department Capt. Chris Kiely said diners at Jeff Ruby’s Waterfront restaurant used cell phones to call for help as the restaurant floated about 85 to 100 yards downstream
Firefighter/paramedic Gary Durian is one of six canine handlers who arrived Saturday in Japan with a Los Angeles-based search-and-rescue team to look for survivors
The university held a course on campus last week to train students how to respond to medical emergencies in the wilderness
Eden Fire Company Capt. Mark Shenk said he believed rescuers determined the woman’s location using signals given off by her cell phone’s GPS and area cell towers
Once out of the water, the 40-year-old victim was taken by fire department paramedics to a local hospital and treated for minor injuries and possible hypothermia
Once at the crash site, rescuers used baskets to lift passangers by helicopter over the mountain
Responders moved the student roughly three miles to the trailhead, where she was transported by ambulance to a hospital
Within two minutes, Lancaster EMS paramedics on the scene were called forward and took over caring for the man
Paramedic saved the life of his 34-year-old brother from a snowmobile accident and a freezing death in deep snow
28 students on the bus escaped without injuries, while the driver of the second vehicle was airlifted to the hospital
The officer was investigating the area after someone from the neighborhood reported hearing a person screaming
Emergency personnel extricated the 43-year-old truck driver who was trapped in the wreckage
Storms have affected almost the entire state since they began Friday
The Project Lifesaver program is a national effort to help recover people of “diminished capacity” who may have wandered off and gotten lost
More than 100 vehicles were stuck Monday on snow-covered highways and at least 16 deaths have been attributed to the storm
The emergency responders had to get access to the man through an exterior hole in the wine cellar
Emergency efforts were hampered as fire engines found it difficult to navigate the narrow alleys of the residential neighborhood
A hunter called Massachusetts Emergency Services on Friday morning after discovering the crash that killed two people
Ambulances took 11 of the passengers to area hospitals after the bus spun out of control in the snowy weather
The exercises included a variety of scenarios and practices designed to train volunteers to provide essential services if disaster strikes
None of nine Fire Rescue employees on scene found the victim’s body in a partially submerged car
The crash left 14 injured, 9 of them children who were not properly restrained
Emergency crews spent more than an hour digging out the second man under the rubble
The bus driver and 18 high school students all were taken to hospitals with minor injuries
The news ends fears that the historic facility would close, forcing officials to call helicopters or use other means to get sick and injured people over the mountains and to a hospital