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Lesen Sie die Blog-Einträge von Experten, die schon auf der ganzen Welt waren, um Rettungskräfte in unterschiedlichsten Ländern auszubilden und sich mit ihnen über ihre Erfahrungen auszutauschen.

  • Extrication Competitions - My View

    15 Sep 2014

    With the World Rescue Challenge (WRC) only weeks away I thought I would briefly offer my view on the concept of extrication competitions and maybe dispel a few myths for those rescuers who are not in...

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  • An International Standard to Extrication – I think not!

    26 Aug 2014

    I was recently asked to write an article for a magazine. The question posed; should there be an international standard approach to vehicle extrication? There is on the face of it only one answer...

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  • Keep an Open Mind

    01 Aug 2014

    I have spent the last 5 days at the Australasian Road Rescue Challenge in Warragul, near Melbourne, Australia. As with every competition of this kind, it's a meeting of enthusiastic, passionate people...

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  • Kinematics - you won't even know you are doing it!

    04 Jul 2014

    Kinematics is the study of how matter moves and interacts with its surroundings during the collision process. It is something I have taught firefighters and rescuers for the last ten years and it has...

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  • Technology and the Future of Rescue

    13 Jun 2014

    As I sit writing this blog on my iPad, listening to my iPod and drinking my iTea (the last one was not true, sorry) it is clear that technology is fantastic. It makes my life so much easier every...

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  • What a Relief (Cut)!

    09 May 2014

    Relief cuts are something we are all aware of and something we practice as part of our evolution training. But have you ever stopped and thought about exactly what your relief cuts are doing? I guess...

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  • Medical Rescue – Just how much do we need to know?

    01 May 2014

    I have always said that having some knowledge of the medical aspects of rescue is important, but just how much should we know? When I was an operational firefighter I had a very keen interest in the...

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  • More Information from Volvo

    11 Apr 2014

    In my last blog I talked about the new Volvo V40 body structure and how it took less than 50% of the tool's capacity (Holmatro CU 4050 NCT cutter) to overcome ALL of the strategic cuts when I visited...

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  • New Car Technology Update

    14 Mar 2014

    It’s always good to update what we know and learn new things as well. I am in a very lucky position to spend a lot of my time travelling and researching issues related to extrication, so of course I...

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  • Working with Multiple Agencies

    21 Feb 2014

    With very few exceptions around the world, extrication is not carried out by a single agency. There will usually be technical rescue, medical rescue and police personnel on scene. In addition to this...

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