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  Four challenges to extrication in a tunnel rescue

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  Resource management is key to overcoming access, patient transportation and ventilation challenges in a tunnel rescue

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  How a new hydraulic tool is a game changer for rescue problems

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  Tackle complex calls with confidence using a multipurpose tool that can be used in a variety of scenarios

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  Quiet Warrior: How one off-duty firefighter switched from concertgoer to first responder during Las Vegas shooting

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  Chris Wetzel, a firefighter with Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department, recalls what it was like to be on scene while a gunman opened fire on 22,000 concertgoers on the Las Vegas Strip

• Dozens hurt after bus carrying high school students crashes into overpass

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  Six people were seriously injured and 37 suffered minor injuries after a bus carrying students home from a spring break trip to Europe crashed into an overpass

• Firefighters rescue man stuck in printing press

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  The Bridgeport Fire Department was dispatched “to extricate an employee whose left arm became wedged in between two press rollers"

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  Training Day: Extrication on an embankment

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  Educating firefighters on extricating patients in hard-to-reach areas, like roadside embankments

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  EMS provider pulls neighbor from burning truck on way home

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  Gretna Rescue Squad 1st Lt. Pernice White jumped into action after seeing her neighbor’s truck on fire while driving home

• Photos: Firefighters rescue boy from arcade claw machine

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  Titusville Fire and Emergency Services Department rescued the boy who climbed into the machine from the back and became trapped

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  Collapse rescue: Attention to detail is critical in safe shoring operations

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  Proper selection and placement of shoring, nails, gussets and bracing save lives during complex extrications

• Woman rescued after colliding with Detroit fire truck

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  The firefighters jumped out of the truck after the crash and extricated the woman from her vehicle

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  5 steps to extricate patients from modern vehicles

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  Rip and blitz challenges: use your cutter/spreader for car side removal extrication

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  Patient management in the technical rescue environment

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  Medical Director Jeremy Cushman encourages BLS providers to develop medical preplans for technical rescue scenarios they may encounter

• 'Cracking the egg:' Road crash rescue involving an overturned vehicle

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  This involved technique, while rarely used, can enable rescuers to create enough space to extricate a victim safely

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  Vehicle lifting procedures

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  A great educational video from Bend Fire Department Training Division.

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  Extrication principles from an elevated incident scene

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  Here are the important things to keep in mind to prepare and practice for this type of response

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  FDNY firefighters rescue woman, 3 children from underneath fallen tree

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  FDNY said the woman was pushing a stroller with two children inside and holding an infant when the Central Park tree fell on them

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