Vehicle extrication is the process of removing a vehicle from around a person who has been involved in a motor vehicle accident, when conventional means of exit are impossible or unadvisable. A delicate approach is needed to minimize injury to the victim during the extrication. This operation is typically accomplished by utilizing chocks and bracing for stabilization and hydraulic tools, including the Jaws of Life. Standards and regulations can be found in NFPA 1670 and 1006.

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• 1 Operations
• 2 Additional risks with new technologies
• 3 See also
• 4 External links

Verb

extricate (third-person singular simple present extricates, present participle extricating, simple past and past participle extricated)

1. (transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.

   I finally managed to extricate myself from the tight jacket.

2. (rare) To free from intricacies or perplexity
   • 1662: Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)

     Your argumentation ... is invelloped with certain intricacies, that are not easie to be extricated.

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

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