In his Vehicle Extrication DVD series, Dave Dalrymple demonstrates techniques for vehicle extrication and rescue.

In DVD 1, Vehicle Extrication: Vehicle Technology/Alternative Fuel and Safety Systems, Dalrymple addresses the challenges and concerns in performing extrication on traditional and alternative fuel vehicles. Manufacturers have introduced numerous structural and safety systems to make vehicles lighter, stronger, and safer than the vehicles of just a few years ago.

Responders need to stay current with trends in automobile technologies such as airbags, rollover protection structures (ROPS), motive power, and construction considerations in order to maintain a safe extrication environment and increase the responders’ chances of a swift, safe, and successful extrication.

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Vehicle extrication and rescue is more than simple tool work these days. Yes, without a creating space we cannot disentangle our patients from the wreck, but we now have to mitigate many more hazards than we ever did before (photo 1). As always, we’re usually at the end of learning curve, since our problems are usually out on the street before we know about them, for the most part. Some of these hazards can hurt us or our patients (or both) if not managed properly. Although each motor vehicle collision (MVC) is different, they are common everyday emergencies. Today’s hazards make each incident more complex, and with that complexity comes a learning curve.

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Here is a simple question for you. Does your rescue truck or the truck that carries the extrication equipment have N95 masks? If it does not, it should. Have you ever noticed how long glass dust lingers in the air? Did you know that TERC sanctioned extrication challenges it is mandatory for all rescuers and the live patient to wear an N95 dust mask while removing glass? When I was watching the Roadway Rescue team cut apart a Ford Transport for a new DVD series late last year everyone made sure they were wearing a mask whenever glass was broken or removed. Take it from the guys that do it day in and day out, wear a mask and make sure your patient has one too.

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