fireman carry
Shoulder rescue technique
A fireman carry is a method of transporting someone by draping them across your shoulders, one arm hooked around a leg and the other gripping an arm.
Originally a rescue technique for removing unconscious people from danger, it's now common in wrestling and football: He hoisted her up in a fireman carry and headed for the exit.
- firemanEmergency blaze responder
- rescueSave from harm
- shoulderUpper arm joint
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
- wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
pro wrestling · emergency · grip · injured · evacuate · flames · hero · strength · hoist · victim · technique · drag · body weight · dead weight · smoke · unconscious · save · maneuver
- carryingtote, bearing, haul, toting, lug
- rescuerescue, rescue team, search and rescue, rescue dog, save
- throwsthrow, toss, hurl, fling, cast
- grapplingsubmission hold, chokehold, wrestling match, arm bar, freestyle wrestling
- fighting movespunch, uppercut, kick, jab, elbow strike
- lifting and carryingpiggyback, deadlift, cradle hold, football hold, hoist