an incoming call reports a multiple victim car crash

the car's driver is seriously wounded and immobilized inside the wreckage

while the medical team secure the victim's head with a collar, the firemen in the extrication team cut "slices" of the vehicle, to clear the way to the victim

the patient's critical condition calls for a part of the medical team to work from the inside of the crashed car, to save precious time

a part of the car's roof is put away

this implicates serious physical efforts and difficult working positions

once the car's roof is gone, the necessary steps are taken to prepare the victim for removal ...

... in the required conditions of back bone immobility

using the "manual pedal cutter", the firemen cut and put aside pieces of the steering wheel

the victim, sedated and immobilized, is prepared for the extraction from within the car wreckage

among other kind of wounds, the victim has also a most unusual wound for a car crash ...

... a knife deep into his left shank, which was extracted later, in surgery

only now, after a significant team effort, the victim can be taken to the hospital

at the Emergency Department, medical procedures started in pre-hospital can continue