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Title
Rescue squad in action
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Woods, Jon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1961
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated February 21, 1961 reads "It's a call late at night. It could be a traffic accident, a drowning, a suicide, an expectant mother having a baby in a taxi cab. Vince Pratt and Don Peskett, members of a rescue-ambulance squad stationed in the Valley by the Los Angeles Fire Department, left photo, prepare to get under way. Enroute to their call, center, the two men are prepared for any emergency. 'We're trained to stop bleeding, straighten mangled limbs and safely transport victims to the hospital,' said Pratt. 'Our obligation is to do anything we can to provide emergency help.' At the scene, right, Pratt works on patient. Trained to treat emergencies in a hurry, members of the rescue squad receive courses in first aid and undergo a year of field training."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;16 x 18 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00127571
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d033_f6_i8
CARL0005449747
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/59490
Subject
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Fire Department--Officials and employees
Men--California--San Fernando Valley
Fire fighters--California--San Fernando Valley
Emergency medical personnel--California--San Fernando Valley
Emergency medical services--California--San Fernando Valley
First aid in illness and injury--California--San Fernando Valley
Ambulances--California--San Fernando Valley
Ambulances--California--San Fernando Valley--Equipment and supplies
Automobiles--California--San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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