Great video Mike. I learned basic vehicle rescue with a Porta-Power and an Air Chisel. I also learned how to cut the car antenna (back when they had them) and use it to break side windows out.
Awesome video. Amazing how many similarities and differences in tools and techniques from the other side of the pond. Not overly sure about the whole windscreen removal and the air chisel seemed a bit pointless.
In this scenario it may be 'a bit pointless' but training scenarios can't always represent real world situations.... Take a car pinned under a fuel tanker truck scenario. In this case you may need to carve away the car piece by piece to get to the patient and power tools may not be applicable due to hazardous environments. In that case, the air tools are the best choice to cut away the car without causing sparks. Practicing with all the tools and trying to use them in non-conventional ways will only help when you are in a true emergency situation. One Advanced Vehicle Rescue course I took required us to perform a total vehicle extrication (with roof removal and dash displacement) with only hand tools. We had to unbolt ever piece of the car, cut the roof off with hand saws and use only hand powered hydraulic tools for the dash lift.
@@emt160090 certainly agree that training can’t represent real world situations. They rarely do if we’re honest. Never acc seen an air chisel used nor I have I used one so I’m not really sure of their capabilities just seemed a slightly odd tool choice considering everything else.
Oh this brings me back to my Firefighter Essentials and first Basic Vehicle Rescue courses. It is always the highlight of a training day when you get a chance to rip apart a car. On the video suggestion front... if you ever make your way to Centre County, I would love to see some of my old stations show up on your cribs. Try contacting Centre Lifelink EMS or Alpha Fire Company. They would be great to see on your channel.
I guess I was kind of "Spoiled" in my 14 Years of Auto Extrication. In our town, Auto Extrication is a Strictly Volunteer Organization that has no Ties to EHS or Fire, Other then working relations. That means, In the most basic of terms, We are the can openers, to allow EHS access to their Patients. Nice thing is, We do have members of the Rescue Truck, who also work for EHS and/or volunteer at one of our several Fire Halls. Most of us also have at least a basic First aid ticket. So the patient is still always cared for (Of Course) by An EHS, or in the case of multiple injury MVI, under the direction of one who is also working on a patient. We ourselves, did not have to be trained in any kind of first aid to work the Rescue. I Do have the greatest respect for those Fire/EHS Dept. who "do it all".
@@HeroesNextDoor here in my area EMS isn't doing any of the actual hands on work with extrication gear. We have volunteer EMS ("First Responders") in town and most of the guys on the FD are also on first response so even if none who aren't on fire respond, we have one or more in the engine or rescue 9 times out of 10. First Response has a minimum requirement of EMT, but most are A-EMTs and we have one who is a paramedic student (unless he's already graduated and I just haven't heard about it). As far as Transport goes, we contract with an ALS ambulance service in the town over from us, and we've also got mutual aid ambulance services to our South, and to our East. We've got a Level 1 trauma center 30 minutes south of us and they have their own air ambulance or we can call an air ambulance out of New York or New Hampshire. All in all, for a 95% volunteer based system, things work well here in my area
@@HeroesNextDoor I don't know how much you look at your own safety in the US, but in Europe we have to use respirators when cutting glass. When cutting, small particles of glass fly in the air.
Absolutely awesome video.
I went through this class almost 40 years ago as a young volunteer.
Job well done!
Wait til next weeks we do a lot more cutting and destruction
Great video Mike. I learned basic vehicle rescue with a Porta-Power and an Air Chisel. I also learned how to cut the car antenna (back when they had them) and use it to break side windows out.
Now you are showing your age 😉
@@HeroesNextDoor Yep! But we knew we could do it regardless of the tools.
I assume a "Porta-Power" is a specific model or brand of hydraulic extrication pump?
Awesome video. Amazing how many similarities and differences in tools and techniques from the other side of the pond. Not overly sure about the whole windscreen removal and the air chisel seemed a bit pointless.
Thanks for watching
In this scenario it may be 'a bit pointless' but training scenarios can't always represent real world situations....
Take a car pinned under a fuel tanker truck scenario. In this case you may need to carve away the car piece by piece to get to the patient and power tools may not be applicable due to hazardous environments. In that case, the air tools are the best choice to cut away the car without causing sparks.
Practicing with all the tools and trying to use them in non-conventional ways will only help when you are in a true emergency situation.
One Advanced Vehicle Rescue course I took required us to perform a total vehicle extrication (with roof removal and dash displacement) with only hand tools. We had to unbolt ever piece of the car, cut the roof off with hand saws and use only hand powered hydraulic tools for the dash lift.
@@emt160090 certainly agree that training can’t represent real world situations. They rarely do if we’re honest. Never acc seen an air chisel used nor I have I used one so I’m not really sure of their capabilities just seemed a slightly odd tool choice considering everything else.
Oh this brings me back to my Firefighter Essentials and first Basic Vehicle Rescue courses. It is always the highlight of a training day when you get a chance to rip apart a car.
On the video suggestion front... if you ever make your way to Centre County, I would love to see some of my old stations show up on your cribs. Try contacting Centre Lifelink EMS or Alpha Fire Company. They would be great to see on your channel.
We would love to schedule more departments. All we need is for them to email us with an invite to begin the process
@@HeroesNextDoor I will try to reach out to my old chiefs and see what I can work out.
1 of my favorite ways to remove a pt from the car back in my emt class days. using the KED.
Love the KED
Love the videos mike!
Great video
Thanks for watching
Make sure to share the video to help us do more
I guess I was kind of "Spoiled" in my 14 Years of Auto Extrication. In our town, Auto Extrication is a Strictly Volunteer Organization that has no Ties to EHS or Fire, Other then working relations. That means, In the most basic of terms, We are the can openers, to allow EHS access to their Patients. Nice thing is, We do have members of the Rescue Truck, who also work for EHS and/or volunteer at one of our several Fire Halls. Most of us also have at least a basic First aid ticket. So the patient is still always cared for (Of Course) by An EHS, or in the case of multiple injury MVI, under the direction of one who is also working on a patient.
We ourselves, did not have to be trained in any kind of first aid to work the Rescue.
I Do have the greatest respect for those Fire/EHS Dept. who "do it all".
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Thanks
Wish they taught this in my class
This should be in any EMT class
@@HeroesNextDoor here in my area EMS isn't doing any of the actual hands on work with extrication gear. We have volunteer EMS ("First Responders") in town and most of the guys on the FD are also on first response so even if none who aren't on fire respond, we have one or more in the engine or rescue 9 times out of 10. First Response has a minimum requirement of EMT, but most are A-EMTs and we have one who is a paramedic student (unless he's already graduated and I just haven't heard about it). As far as Transport goes, we contract with an ALS ambulance service in the town over from us, and we've also got mutual aid ambulance services to our South, and to our East. We've got a Level 1 trauma center 30 minutes south of us and they have their own air ambulance or we can call an air ambulance out of New York or New Hampshire. All in all, for a 95% volunteer based system, things work well here in my area
Is the Palumbo in this video related to Cristina Palumbo from SiriusXM?
Don’t think so
Oof, old 23 and 93 EMS gear
I'm sorry, are you really cutting glass without mouth protection?
Mouth protection??
@@HeroesNextDoor I don't know how much you look at your own safety in the US, but in Europe we have to use respirators when cutting glass. When cutting, small particles of glass fly in the air.
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