Vehicle Extrication: Purchase Points

Before you can start bending metal, you need a purchase point. This video shares a few ways to gain access and speed the process of removing a trapped or pinned patient.

[@jackhartsough3]

God bless our firefighters... God bless that mustache...

[@JCMacDonald]

I learned that when you use the spreaders to gain access to the hinges, you do crush the fender, but you position the spreader so that it catches in the crack between the hood and the fender. doing that has always bent the fender in such a way that allows access to the hinges

[@anthonydiaz2437]

Hey man great video! Learn something new every day, I really like that technique with the the backboard in the vehicle, and the reverse strike for vehicle fires

[@adamantbelief77]

What a great ending quote great video bro 🙌🏾

[@GAGTrider1971]

Great video, used some of the techniques in our extrication training and they worked great, keep the videos coming

[@dustinhatfield7282]

Awesome video! Very simple and effective

[@andyoxleyonhistravels]

Rule number 1. Never use your gloved hand to take out the broken glass. Why? 99 times out of a 100 we use our gloved hand to wipe sweat away whilst at these incidents, and you end up with small glass shards in your gloves which is why firefighters end up with cuts on their faces. Hope this is helpful.

[@Texasreiguy]

Another good video guys.. Haven't seen anything from y'all in a while! Keep em coming!!!

[@inst5productions]

spring loaded window punch ... Fire Store has them ... My Smith & Wesson rescue knife has one ... just remember to let the punch do the work ... I've seen many push hard and their hand and arm go through the glass ...

[@homerfiredept.homerla.521]

Thanks for that and all your excellent vids!

[@inst5productions]

It's called a window punch ... it is spring loaded and when pressure is placed on the glass it releases the punch breaking the glass.

[@gammafirebug1]

You can get the same purchase point by knocking the window out, and clamping the spreaders facing to the ground and closing them.

[@nomadicsoul34]

Thanks .. From the UK

[@lindathrall5133]

That is neat as hell

[@MrKendell28]

Awsome job

[@smallk20]

Great video!

[@Jeffs511]

Excellent!

[@chrisvaello5838]

next shift

[@Jchernega1]

All I want to hear is the mustache guy say CUT!!!

[@RE1599]

What is he using to break the glass? All I saw was he put some little squeezing tool. squeezes it and the glass breaks. What is that thing?

[@rhoonah5849]

Magic.

[@BrickshirespringsFD]

It seems like he is on a different truck each video.

[@Scubvid]

Woehoe i'm the first view/like. Great video!!

[@slice081]

hey

[@rhoonah5849]

yo

[@gammafirebug1]

I'm sorry, but wrong wrong wrong.....

[@jeffreeds3371]

gammafirebug1 you heard the guy said it has worked over the years, so how can you blabber off saying it’s wrong when it worked for them?

[@lovecheese45]

It works. Chief Nelms has been my training chief for quite a few years. He knows his stuff.

[@rhoonah5849]

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