/rescue Rescue en-US Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:26:32 GMT /safety/articles/how-to-use-lces-for-car-accident-scene-situational-awareness-U44fYgUTgvljVyFM/ A busy roadway is hands-down the most dangerous environment where EMS routinely works. Use LCES for situational awareness. Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:26:32 GMT /safety/articles/how-to-use-lces-for-car-accident-scene-situational-awareness-U44fYgUTgvljVyFM/ /patient-safety/articles/cold-and-injured-motor-vehicle-accidents-in-the-winter-cvIF8Vcvuw68yaNg/ Hypothermic patients, multi-systems trauma and slippery scenes present difficult decision-making challenges for rescuers Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:24:00 GMT /patient-safety/articles/cold-and-injured-motor-vehicle-accidents-in-the-winter-cvIF8Vcvuw68yaNg/ /ems-products/patient-handling/articles/7-tips-to-access-and-extricate-patients-on-trails-NyMeYl0330A0moeE/ Tips for the unique challenges of accessing and extricating patients from recreational trails Sat, 19 Oct 2024 22:24:28 GMT /ems-products/patient-handling/articles/7-tips-to-access-and-extricate-patients-on-trails-NyMeYl0330A0moeE/ /safety/articles/how-to-use-lces-for-car-accident-scene-situational-awareness-U44fYgUTgvljVyFM/ A busy roadway is hands-down the most dangerous environment where EMS routinely works. Use LCES for situational awareness. Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:26:32 GMT /safety/articles/how-to-use-lces-for-car-accident-scene-situational-awareness-U44fYgUTgvljVyFM/ /rescue/worker-suffers-medical-emergency-100-feet-up-n-y-church-steeple Watertown first responders had to rescue a worker on church scaffolding Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:22:12 GMT /rescue/worker-suffers-medical-emergency-100-feet-up-n-y-church-steeple /rescue/minn-first-responders-save-purple-heart-recipient Mapleton Police Officer Bob Roelofs performed CPR on Smith until paramedics arrived Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:16:59 GMT /rescue/minn-first-responders-save-purple-heart-recipient /air-medical-transport/this-kind-of-stuff-shouldnt-happen-medevac-crew-recalls-ga-school-shooting The Air Evac Lifeteam 117 crew recounted their response to Apalachee High School, where they treated a girl who was shot multiple times Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:41:09 GMT /air-medical-transport/this-kind-of-stuff-shouldnt-happen-medevac-crew-recalls-ga-school-shooting /rescue/driver-bypasses-roadblock-goes-down-gorge-along-n-c-interstate Highway patrol officials said the fatal crash is the most egregious breach of the roadblock they have dealt with since the I-40 closure Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:22:07 GMT /rescue/driver-bypasses-roadblock-goes-down-gorge-along-n-c-interstate /search-and-rescue/calif-county-search-and-rescue-team-rescues-exhausted-and-ill-prepared-hikers Inyo County Search and Rescue listed several things that went wrong before and during the trek up Mount Whitney Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:29:08 GMT /search-and-rescue/calif-county-search-and-rescue-team-rescues-exhausted-and-ill-prepared-hikers /rescue/mayo-clinic-paramedics-save-doctor-who-trained-them Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service medics responded to a heart attack, only to find their former teacher in need Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:40:58 GMT /rescue/mayo-clinic-paramedics-save-doctor-who-trained-them /air-medical-transport/md-first-responders-rescue-hiker-who-fell-off-cliff-onto-top-of-train-tunnel A Maryland State Police medevac crew lifted the injured hiker from a wooded area in Carroll County Wed, 06 Nov 2024 15:11:29 GMT /air-medical-transport/md-first-responders-rescue-hiker-who-fell-off-cliff-onto-top-of-train-tunnel /ambulances-and-emergency-vehicles/maine-ambulance-crew-stops-wrong-way-driver-on-interstate The Yarmouth crew was able to position their ambulance and block the driver on I-295 Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:00:01 GMT /ambulances-and-emergency-vehicles/maine-ambulance-crew-stops-wrong-way-driver-on-interstate /fatal-incidents/texas-worker-killed-after-falling-into-fabric-company-machine Employees initially reported the victim missing from the floor before they found his body inside a machine in the Fort Worth plant Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:00:00 GMT /fatal-incidents/texas-worker-killed-after-falling-into-fabric-company-machine /rescue/technical-rescue-work-saves-woman-trapped-in-calif-well First responders from several agencies saved a woman who fell at least 30 feet down a well in Placer County Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:35:38 GMT /rescue/technical-rescue-work-saves-woman-trapped-in-calif-well /pediatric-care/md-ems-crew-recognized-for-infant-cardiac-arrest-save Clear Spring EMS responded to an urgent call involving an infant initially in respiratory distress Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:57:20 GMT /pediatric-care/md-ems-crew-recognized-for-infant-cardiac-arrest-save /nurse/nurse-uses-cpr-to-save-emt-at-ala-football-game Erin Mender had earlier helped the same EMT with a medical emergency at the Alabama-Missouri game Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:05:22 GMT /nurse/nurse-uses-cpr-to-save-emt-at-ala-football-game /patient-safety/articles/cold-and-injured-motor-vehicle-accidents-in-the-winter-cvIF8Vcvuw68yaNg/ Hypothermic patients, multi-systems trauma and slippery scenes present difficult decision-making challenges for rescuers Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:24:00 GMT /patient-safety/articles/cold-and-injured-motor-vehicle-accidents-in-the-winter-cvIF8Vcvuw68yaNg/ /rescue/conn-soccer-moms-nurses-recognized-for-cardiac-arrest-save The duo were recognized for saving the life of a teen soccer player Sun, 27 Oct 2024 16:00:00 GMT /rescue/conn-soccer-moms-nurses-recognized-for-cardiac-arrest-save /rescue/conn-paramedic-credits-training-in-award-for-talking-man-off-parking-garage-ledge AMR West Hartford Paramedic Raquel Soto talked a suicidal man out of jumping off an eight-story parking garage Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:19:26 GMT /rescue/conn-paramedic-credits-training-in-award-for-talking-man-off-parking-garage-ledge /rescue/conn-first-responders-save-worker-pinned-in-wall-collapse A worker in Bridgeport became trapped when a brick wall collapsed on him Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:30:50 GMT /rescue/conn-first-responders-save-worker-pinned-in-wall-collapse /vehicle-crashes/car-crashes-through-roof-of-calif-house The driver lost control on an embankment and crashed into a Los Angeles County house Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:26:28 GMT /vehicle-crashes/car-crashes-through-roof-of-calif-house /7-dead-in-ga-dock-walkway-collapse Bystanders passed survivors along a human chain after the collapse during festival on Sapelo Island Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:30:44 GMT /7-dead-in-ga-dock-walkway-collapse /rescue/over-300-rescued-during-severe-flooding-in-n-m-city Flooding in and around Roswell left two people dead, several injured and a trail of destruction Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:00:24 GMT /rescue/over-300-rescued-during-severe-flooding-in-n-m-city /ems-products/patient-handling/articles/7-tips-to-access-and-extricate-patients-on-trails-NyMeYl0330A0moeE/ Tips for the unique challenges of accessing and extricating patients from recreational trails Sat, 19 Oct 2024 22:24:28 GMT /ems-products/patient-handling/articles/7-tips-to-access-and-extricate-patients-on-trails-NyMeYl0330A0moeE/ /rescue/md-first-responders-rescue-man-trapped-in-30-foot-well Technical rescue work in Baltimore County saved a seriously injured man who had fallen into a well Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:38:52 GMT /rescue/md-first-responders-rescue-man-trapped-in-30-foot-well /fatal-incidents/3-dead-4-injured-in-miss-bridge-collapse Workers in Simpson County were preparing the bridge for demolition when it collapsed Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:35:24 GMT /fatal-incidents/3-dead-4-injured-in-miss-bridge-collapse /ems-products/aeds/the-history-of-aeds-from-scientific-breakthrough-to-layperson-use The AED’s journey from concept to modern use is a fascinating tale of medical innovation, collaboration and lifesaving success Tue, 15 Oct 2024 18:04:24 GMT /ems-products/aeds/the-history-of-aeds-from-scientific-breakthrough-to-layperson-use /rescue/1-dead-12-rescued-in-colo-gold-mine-elevator-malfunction 12 people were trapped 1,000 feet below ground at the Cripple Creek tourist site Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:53:14 GMT /rescue/1-dead-12-rescued-in-colo-gold-mine-elevator-malfunction /disaster-management/milton-emergency-base-camp-relocated-before-storm-tore-through-tropicana-field-roof Before the storm hit, the home of MLB's Tampa Bay Rays was set up as a base camp for 10,000 emergency workers to aid in debris cleanup and response efforts Thu, 10 Oct 2024 14:36:12 GMT /disaster-management/milton-emergency-base-camp-relocated-before-storm-tore-through-tropicana-field-roof /rescue/video-shows-houston-ems-crew-rescue-baby-from-dumpster Houston first responders found the baby inside a bag in the dumpster Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:15:47 GMT /rescue/video-shows-houston-ems-crew-rescue-baby-from-dumpster /rescue/calif-helicopter-crew-faces-water-cliff-rescues-in-one-day A Sonoma County paramedic was lowered to people clinging to the side of a capsized boat in the first rescue Tue, 07 May 2024 13:51:07 GMT /rescue/calif-helicopter-crew-faces-water-cliff-rescues-in-one-day /rescue/vacationing-n-y-ff-emt-helps-rescue-teen-from-fla-shark-attack Niagara Falls Firefighter-EMT Josh Carey said there was “massive amounts of blood in the water” Mon, 17 Jun 2024 13:34:05 GMT /rescue/vacationing-n-y-ff-emt-helps-rescue-teen-from-fla-shark-attack /tornado/50-trapped-in-mich-fedex-building-collapse-during-tornado Officials report multiple injuries and damage in Portage and Kalamazoo Wed, 08 May 2024 11:53:40 GMT /tornado/50-trapped-in-mich-fedex-building-collapse-during-tornado /rescue/trespassers-rescued-from-inside-abandoned-colo-missile-silo One teen was critically injured after falling 30 feet inside the intercontinental ballistic missile silo in Arapahoe County Mon, 06 May 2024 15:10:19 GMT /rescue/trespassers-rescued-from-inside-abandoned-colo-missile-silo