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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] rescouen, rescuen, from Anglo-French rescure, from re- + escure to shake off, from Latin excutere, from ex- + quatere to shake | | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] rescouen, rescuen, from Anglo-French rescure, from re- + escure to shake off, from Latin excutere, from ex- + quatere to shake |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1: to free from confinement, [[danger]], or [[evil]] : save, deliver: as a : to take (as a [[prisoner]]) forcibly from [[custody]] | | *1: to free from confinement, [[danger]], or [[evil]] : save, deliver: as a : to take (as a [[prisoner]]) forcibly from [[custody]] |
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| '''Rescue''' refers to operations that usually involve the saving of life, or [[prevention]] of [[injury]]. | | '''Rescue''' refers to operations that usually involve the saving of life, or [[prevention]] of [[injury]]. |
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− | [[Tools]] used might include [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_dogs search dogs], search and rescue horses, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter helicopters], the "Jaws of Life", and other hydraulic cutting and spreading tools used to extricate individuals from wrecked vehicles. Rescue operations are sometimes supported by special vehicles such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_department fire department]'s or EMS [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_rescue Heavy rescue] vehicle. | + | [[Tools]] used might include [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_dogs search dogs], search and rescue horses, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter helicopters], the "Jaws of Life", and other hydraulic cutting and spreading tools used to extricate individuals from wrecked vehicles. Rescue operations are sometimes supported by special vehicles such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_department fire department]'s or EMS [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_rescue Heavy rescue] vehicle. |
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− | Rescue operations require a high [[degree]] of [[training]] and are performed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Squad Rescue Squads], either independent or part of larger [[organizations]] like a fire, [[police]], [[military]], first aid squad, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambulance ambulance] services. In The U.S., they are usually staffed by medically trained personnel as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFPA NFPA] regulations require it. | + | Rescue operations require a high [[degree]] of [[training]] and are performed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Squad Rescue Squads], either independent or part of larger [[organizations]] like a fire, [[police]], [[military]], first aid squad, or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambulance ambulance] services. In The U.S., they are usually staffed by medically trained personnel as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFPA NFPA] regulations require it. |
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− | In former centuries the word "rescue" had other [[meanings]]: for example, there is an old [[record]] of a countryman living where [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wythenshawe Wythenshawe] is now, being [[prosecuted]] in a local law [[court]] for "making rescue" of a pig which had been seized as a distress for non-payment of [[money]] owed. | + | In former centuries the word "rescue" had other [[meanings]]: for example, there is an old [[record]] of a countryman living where [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wythenshawe Wythenshawe] is now, being [[prosecuted]] in a local law [[court]] for "making rescue" of a pig which had been seized as a distress for non-payment of [[money]] owed. |
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| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |