Rescue

For other uses, see Rescue (disambiguation).

For the article rescue project, see Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron

Rescue team in Dresden, Germany, in 2006

Helicopter rescue

Real Helicopter rescue in Malta in 2007

Patient in mountain rescue stretcher

Rescue refers to responsive operations that usually involve the saving of life, or prevention of injury during an incident or dangerous situation.

Tools used might include search dogs, search and rescue horses, helicopters, the "Jaws of Life", and other hydraulic cutting and spreading tools used to extricate individuals from wrecked vehicles. Rescue operations are sometimes supported by special vehicles such as fire department's or EMS Heavy rescue vehicle.

Overview

Ropes and special devices can reach and remove individuals and animals from difficult locations including:

• Air-sea rescue
• Cave rescue
• Combat search and rescue
• Confined space rescue
• Fast water rescue
• Ice rescue
• Mines rescue
• Rope rescue
• Search and rescue
• Ski patrol
• Urban search and rescue
• Vehicle Rescue
• Wilderness rescue

Rescue operations require a high degree of training and are performed by Rescue Squads, either independent or part of larger organizations like a fire, police, military, first aid squad, or ambulance services. In The U.S., they are usually staffed by medically trained personnel as NFPA regulations require it.^{[citation needed]}

Old meanings

In former centuries the word "rescue" had other meanings: for example, there is an old record of a countryman living where Wythenshawe is now, being prosecuted in a local law court for "making rescue" of a pig which had been seized as a distress for non-payment of money owed.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Animal Rescue
• Diver rescue
• Extraction (military)
• Extrication
• Lifeboat
• Rescue robot
• Technical rescue
• Emergency management

External links

The Wiktionary entry for rescue Media related to Rescue at Wikimedia Commons