Story and photos by Dave Traiforos
Detroitfirefightersresponded to this prolonged vehicleextricationoperation involving a crash where two vehicles rolled over one wrapped around a fire hydrant.
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Engine 42 provided additional staffing as Squad 4 used all of theirrescuetools–hydraulic spreader, cutters, rams, and so forth–to stabilize the vehicle. They also employed air bags and a lot of thinking outside the box to remove a patient from the vehicle.
DetroitEMSstood by, transporting two injured patients and waiting for the third.
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