ice rescue
Saving drowning skaters
Ice rescue is the emergency retrieval of a person who has fallen through ice into water, or become stranded on unstable ice.
It requires specialized techniques and equipment—rescue boards, throw ropes, flotation suits—because rescuers risk breaking through themselves.
The fire department conducted ice rescue training on the frozen lake.
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
- waterClear essential liquid
- coldLow temperature state
emergency · first aid · rope · throw rope · safety line · survival · lifeguard · breaking · fall through · plunge · cold water · pond · lake · victim · swift · helicopter · divers · wetsuit
- rescuesave, help, SAR, assist, lifeline
- water safetylifeguards, CPR, life jacket, drowning prevention, swim lessons
- air rescuemedevac, air ambulance, airlift, life flight, medevac helicopter
- polar operationsresearch station, icebreakers, research base, polar expedition, icebreaker
- water emergenciesdrowning, near drowning, near-drowning, pool drowning, bathtub drowning
- marine patrolharbor patrol, river patrol, patrol boat, port security, dive team