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• 3 steps to developing a sound extrication size-up

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  Be efficient and focus on the priorities, and keeping patients, bystanders and your crew safe while planning an extrication

• When and how to safely remove a seat in an automobile extrication

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  Identify the potential hazards and seat design if seat removal will benefit your victims or increase access

• Training day: Breaching the door

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  Use the tools, props and scenario described here to train your firefighters in effective forcible entry

• 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

• Training Day: Extrication on an embankment

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Extrication dilemma: Door hinge or latch attack?

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  While no one technique is suited for every extrication situation, one method is far better most of the time

• How to fight a burning Tesla

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  Recent crashes like the one in Indy show how dangerous and different these vehicle fires are, and why training is necessary

• 5 tips for better extrication tool results

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  Here's how to avoid common vehicle rescue mistakes and get the most out of our extrication tools

• How to manage a chain-reaction vehicle crash

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  The number of victims, the distance they are spread across and the natural hazards make these extremely tough incidents to bring order to

• Car-on-car extrication: Test your knowledge

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  Show off your expertise at assessing and completing a car-on-car extrication

• How does your department train to improve extrication skills?

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  Hands-on training allows firefighters to develop the skills needed to be a safe and effective rescuer; here are a few ideas to try out at your department

• 5 steps to car-on-car rescues

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  Occupants in stacked vehicles is a challenge for extrication and stabilization; here's how to do it safely

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