Extrication Training

at Fink Brothers in Woodruff

May 12, 2008

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This was one of our more challenging training sessions. Two set-up with lots of problems to overcome. Not just the extrication process, but critical patient care.

Scenario # 1

The scene involves an industrial wood chipper. The storyline is, the owner was inside doing maintenance when one of the rollers inside came down crushing him deep in the bowels of the machine. We arrive on scene to find the man's nearly hysterical wife sitting at the opening of the chipper screaming her husbands name.

One of our rescue team members, gently takes the wife away, and tried to keep her from impeding the rescue attempt.

The Rescue squad begins the process of entering the chipper to find, and extricate the injured man. Safety is paramount to all personnel involved.

Scenario # 2

A logger has had a pile of logs fall on him. Several hundred pounds of timber have him crushed face down. The object is to extricate him without further injury, and at the same time provide patient care from the accident site, to the ambulance.