title: Extrication fundamentals. Proper care of the entrapped patient.
abstract: "Medic 7, Rescue 1, Engine 45, respond to an accident with entrapment." Medic 7 arrives, establishes command and sizes up the scene. It's a two-car head-on collision with one unresponsive driver entrapped by a jammed door. The driver of the other vehicle is walking around and appears uninjured. There's heavy damage to both vehicles, but most of the vehicle doors open and their side-curtain and front-end air bags have deployed. Both patients are triaged. The unresponsive driver is triaged "red" and the walking driver is triaged "green." A second ambulance is requested for the "green" patient and the first crew's efforts are focused on the "red" patient.
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Politis
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dailey
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018635:Rescue Work / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000379:methods; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*