Diving back into the water, she swam to the serpent's head and instructed him in nautical rescue procedure.

Mr. Peralta, who was unconscious, was pulled from the water about 3:30 p.m. Adrian Benepe, the city's parks commissioner, said yesterday that there was no evidence of a breakdown in rescue procedures.

Mr. Shapiro keeps a record of lives that he says have been saved because of rescue procedures shown on "Rescue 911."

That failure and lapses in discipline by firefighters trying to rescue him prompted the department to release a bulletin outlining rescue procedures.

"Yes, but mobilization, transporting it and the operating team to the site, and then setting up the rescue procedures could easily take four days."

The choking rescue procedure (Heimlich maneuver) is used to clear an obstruction in adults and children older than 1 year.

The choking rescue procedure is not recommended when the windpipe is partially blocked.

She was in a difficult location, but well-rehearsed rescue procedures were started and in time the girl, Myriam Bruneau-Julien, found herself in a helicopter en route to a hospital.

Special Operations Team (SOT) rescue paramedics are trained in high-risk rescue procedures.

She had begun by discussing the implications of Prilicla's new appointment and the effect of Danalta's shape-changing faculty on the established rescue procedures.