US Border Patrol Releases Rescue Count from Three Locations
Staff Writer, Sav-A-Life February 2012 US Border Patrol- Homeland Security recently reported to Sav-A-Life (developer of the ResQ Disc) that since 2008, they have saved 51 lives in Yuma AZ, 28 lives in El Centro, CA and 23 lives...
State Police Rescue Two Snowmobilers Fallen Through Ice on Higgins Lake
Published: Sunday, January 09, 2011, 1:30 PM Updated: Monday, January 10, 2011, 9:35 AM By Cole Waterman | The Bay City Times HOUGHTON LAKE — Two snowmobilers who crashed through the ice on Higgins Lake were being treated for...
Two Pulled to Safety From Lake Michigan
By Evanston Police Chicago Tribune - 08/05/2008 What started as a late night swim turned into a dramatic rescue early Sunday after Evanston police pulled two distressed swimmers to safety from the choppy water of Lake Michigan,...
Squad Uses Frisbee-Like Gadget In Tubers’ Rescue
By Anna C. Irwin Of the Daily Times Staff If you can throw a Frisbee, you can save a life. Blount County Rescue Squad used the ResQ Disc to prove that last Friday when the hauled two tubers out of Little River in the Great Smoky...
Simple Device Saves 2 Lives After Truck Falls Into River
STUART NEWS - 12/02/1997 SEWALL'S POINT - Though it took a tractor-trailer towing rig to fish their truck out of the water, the two men whose truck crashed over the edge of the Ernest Lyons Bridge and into the Indian River on...
Frisbee-Like Device Shows Promise As Rescue Equipment
TAMPA TRIBUNE - 10/09/1997 CLEARWATER - The Pinellas county Sheriff's Office has a new piece of life-saving equipment for every deputy. The ResQ Disc™, designed by Dr. Thomas Sytko of St. Petersburg, is designed to help save the...
Live Water Rescue Caught on Video
This live action FOX TV News clip shows the rescue of a woman in Pontiac, Illinois using our ResQ Disc™. The woman, in 40 degree water, was carried in the river's strong current under several bridges. Using various rescue equipment including a standard life ring and...
Winter Water and Ice Rescue Police Training Video
This video provides practical techniques for law enforcement officers to use if they find themselves falling through ice in uniform. An actual ice self rescue is demonstrated to illustrate the techniques that can be utilized. The video offers further tips in rescuing...
First Responders Demonstrate ResQ Disc on Fox News
Fox News featured the ResQ Disc™ on 'Fox Files' as officer Jerry Cooley explains the process, benefits, and uses of the ResQ Disc™. The news video covers a number of different rescues including a story of saving 6 lives in one day in Tennessee county with the ResQ...
ResQ Disc Inventor Interviewed – Real Water Rescue Stories
On William Shatner's "Heartbeat of America" series "Keeping America Strong," the ResQ Disc™ was featured as an innovative new product designed specifically to save lives. Listen and watch as featured guest, Dr. Thomas Sytko, inventor of the ResQ Disc™, explains his...
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ResQ Disc Saves Lives
“I work for the Superior National Forest in Ely, Minnesota and carry the ResQ Disc™ with us on snowmobile patrols and plan to have them in ski planes that patrol 3 1/2 million acres of forest, with numerous lakes, rivers and dangerous waters. This is a great device and look forward to utilizing it’s potential.”