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VEHICLE EXTRICATION TECHNIQUES
A Guide to Rescue Tool Handling and Extrication Techniques
Introduction
The bulk of motor vehicle collisions with entrapment involve light motor vehicles.
The term light motor vehicles is becoming harder to define. When we use this term we are
referring to mostly privately owned passenger vehicles such as the family car. The biggest
irony is that these “light” vehicles now incorporate advanced construction designs and
materials that while providing greater survivability to the patients present more difficulty to
the rescuer.
Each motor vehicle crash is unique. Variables such as the type and number of
vehicles involved, their positions, number and condition of patients and external hazards all
play a role in determining the appropriate actions and their sequence. This section will cover
basic techniques that can be used to perform safe vehicle extrication and should become
second nature. Like any skill these techniques require practice.
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