Vehicle extrication : a practical guide

✍ Scribed by Brian G. Anderson

Publisher: Fire Engineering Books
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Leaves: 600
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Extricating trapped victims from vehicles is the most common type of rescue performed by firefighters. By mastering the basic tools used in extrication, departments of all types can increase their effectiveness at the rescue scene. In this book, author Brian G. Anderson presents an all-inclusive guide to vehicle extrication covering: • Scene management • Tool design, operation, and maintenance • Step-by-step illustrated procedures using: hand tools, electric tools, hydraulic tools, and pneumatic tools • Procedures for automobiles, trucks, and buses • Overview of wreckers The extensive use of pictures and detailed descriptions used in Vehicle Extrication: A Practical Guide are sure to make this book an industry standard for training firefighters and other first responders

✦ Subjects

Traffic accidents Crash injuries Transport of sick and wounded Rescue work

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