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.
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From a marathon runner who performed CPR on the course to a college student who stopped class to help his professor, these EMS providers stepped up to render aid in unexpected circumstances
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In Fort Myers Beach, Task Force 2 members search for survivors street by street
Lincoln Fire & Rescue extricated a woman from the crashed vehicle and transported her to a medical facility where she later died
鈥淲e ended up transporting approximately 42 individuals and several pets from that area,鈥� said Miami-Dade Lt. Alex Acosta
Urban search and rescue teams, the U.S. Coast Guard and National Guard troops have been responding to an influx of 911 calls
Coast Guard, USAR and firefighting crews have been conducting rescues, and medical facilities have been evacuated
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The bystanders pulled the man from his sinking vehicle and started performing CPR, but he later died after being transported to a medical facility
During an evacuation, there was a flashover or collapse and one firefighter fell down a flight of stairs, according to Springfield Assistant Chief Matthew Smith
Paid and volunteer firefighters worked together to answer hundreds of calls for rescues
Seven fire trucks, six ambulances and a medical helicopter responded to the incident, and providers transported victims to four area medical centers
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Most of the injured people were senior citizens; EMS providers transported six to hospitals
Rescuers lowered a South Walton Fire District firefighter-paramedic into the hole to treat the man鈥檚 injuries before he could be hoisted out
Fish and Game called a National Guard helicopter to evacuate the 39-year-old woman, who had been hiking Mount Cabot at the time of the emergency
Heavy fire and smoke caused confusion about who was injured, said LAFD Deputy Chief Richard Fields, who described the extrication and transport timing
Using an app that shares GPS coordinates, Deerfield firefighters were directed to the injured man鈥檚 location
When Ryan McConnaughey realized he couldn鈥檛 move anything below his neck, he activated his watch using voice control to call for help
After the driver鈥檚 own vehicle overturned and ejected him onto an Interstate 75 overpass, he leaped over a concrete barrier and into deep water
The two injured Litchfield firefighter-paramedics extricated themselves and began treating the person in the passenger vehicle
McLean Volunteer Fire Department鈥檚 Timo Klotz helped free three people trapped under debris after an Uber driver crashed a car into the building
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鈥淲e鈥檙e really proud how this showed the whole system works, from the dispatcher, the firefighters to the bystanders,鈥� said Decatur Fire & Rescue Fire Chief Tracy Thornton
The hunter fired a gun to summon nearby hunters for help in the Los Padres National Forest
The Madison Fire Department鈥檚 Heavy Urban Rescue Team assisted the DeForest Fire Department and Sun Prairie EMS
Orange County Battalion Chief Michael Morganstern said crewmembers gave the girl pain medication while disassembling the mechanism
Firefighters rescued people from flooded homes and saved people and dogs in a swift water rescue on the Gauley River
Bystanders helped move the patient, and first responders 鈥減ackaged him and carried him to the ambulance,鈥� the Transylvania County Rescue Squad said
The victims, according to police, were stuck in waist-deep mud and were exhausted
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Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said first responders restored the patient鈥檚 pulse before transferring him to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
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