Training Minutes: Hoarder Vehicles

Rescuers remove a dummy patient from a hoarder vehicle during training

You may have dealt with hoarder houses on the job, but are you also seeing hoarder vehicles? In this new Training Minutes video, John Simpson and company discuss some considerations for size-up and assessment of an uncoscious patient when hoarding conditions are present in a vehicle.

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