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.
A busy roadway is hands-down the most dangerous environment where we routinely work
Hypothermic patients, multi-systems trauma and slippery scenes present difficult decision-making challenges for rescuers
Tips for the unique challenges of accessing and extricating patients from recreational trails
First responders worked 60 feet above the ground, inside a grain silo in Boyceville to free a person trapped in a sweep auger
Officials at Winter Park Resort halted operations when a crack was found in a structural piece of the lift
鈥淲hen we arrived, the baby had no pulse and was not breathing,鈥� Sacramento Firefighter Adrienne Bisharat said, recalling the highway incident
Crush syndrome can be expected following any event where patients are trapped for a length of time
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A Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad father and daughter worked together to successfully resuscitate the patient before D.C. Fire and EMS arrived on scene
Erin Mender, a registered nurse, details the moment a fellow healthcare professional responded to her compressions after collapsing on duty at a college football game
As fire and EMS crews in Bolton went to work on a cardiac arrest patient, one of their own was stricken
A steel beam slid into the cab during a four-vehicle crash on I-395 in Norwich
The Rochester couple made it halfway to the Cleveland Clinic before driving conditions became too dangerous
A camera located what could be a shoe 30 feet down in the sinkhole in Marguerite
Two good Samaritans in Santa Cruz quickly shed most of their clothing and worked their way down the cliff and into the water
EMS crews used CyanoKits to treat some of the many victims of the Jefferson City house explosion
Two patients had to be extricated from a vehicle in the fatal MCI crash in Chinatown
South Metro Fire Rescue crews faced a technical rescue at a Centennial construction site
One of the victims was in critical condition after falling 200 to 250 feet down a cliff at Lake Cumberland
The driver was able to get out on their own after the vehicle plunged off the top level of a parking garage and crashed through the Executive Conference Center鈥檚 roof
San Bernardino County firefighters used an aerial ladder and rope rescue system to rescue the woman after a passerby had heard her screams for help
Louisville firefighters managed to uncover the worker鈥檚 arm and head, creating just enough space for Paramedic Nate Witek to place what he called the best IV of his career
Over a million pounds of timber collapsed, killing 12 and injuring dozens ahead of the Texas A&M University and University of Texas football game
Technical rescue work in Louisville saved a worker trapped 10 to 12 feet below ground at a demolition site
Watertown first responders had to rescue a worker on church scaffolding
Mapleton Police Officer Bob Roelofs performed CPR on Smith until paramedics arrived
The Air Evac Lifeteam 117 crew recounted their response to Apalachee High School, where they treated a girl who was shot multiple times
Highway patrol officials said the fatal crash is the most egregious breach of the roadblock they have dealt with since the I-40 closure
Inyo County Search and Rescue listed several things that went wrong before and during the trek up Mount Whitney
Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service medics responded to a heart attack, only to find their former teacher in need
A Maryland State Police medevac crew lifted the injured hiker from a wooded area in Carroll County
The Yarmouth crew was able to position their ambulance and block the driver on I-295
Employees initially reported the victim missing from the floor before they found his body inside a machine in the Fort Worth plant
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