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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.

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.

The training is free. Registration is required. Please complete the form below to register.

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.

8 hours of CAPCE credits are available for this training.

Update May 13, 2025 – Thank you for your interest in this training. We have a full class and a long waitlist, so we are no longer accepting additional registrations.