Crush, Impalement, and Entrapment Response for First Responders
First responders, prepare to enhance your skills in managing complex rescue scenarios. Join us for an intensive 8-hour training designed to equip you with the tools, techniques, and confidence to handle incidents involving crush injuries, impalements, and entrapments. Whether facing industrial accidents or terrorism-related incidents, this training will teach you how to apply your everyday tools effectively in high-pressure situations.
WRHSAC has previously offered several sessions of this training. In these two sessions, seating is being held for members of the Western Mass Technical Rescue Team, with limited seats available to other first responders throughout western Mass. Register soon as spaces will fill quickly.
UPDATE January 14, 2026 – Both sessions and the waitlist for both are full. Thank you for your interest in the training.
Training Highlights:
- In-Depth Instruction: Learn the complexities of crush, impalement, and entrapment situations through structured lectures and real-life case studies. The training will focus on scenarios such as machine entrapment, building collapses, vehicle rammings, and more.
- Hands-On Simulations: Gain experience through performance stations that mirror real-world challenges, including fence and rebar impalements, meat grinder entrapments, and large machinery rescues.
- Skill Building & Best Practices: Understand best practices for safety, medical considerations, command structure, and inter-agency collaboration during large-scale incidents.
Key Skills You Will Develop:
- Identifying and assessing crush, impalement, and entrapment situations.
- Utilizing everyday tools to extricate victims safely and efficiently.
- Managing medical concerns specific to crush injuries, impalements, and entrapments.
Why Attend? This training is a unique opportunity to advance your skills with expert instruction and simulated rescue scenarios. Take advantage of this valuable experience to prepare for high-stakes situations and bring these life-saving techniques back to your team.
