Patient Handling
The patient handling topic contains the latest news, information, education and training tips for EMTs and paramedics related to lifting and moving patients.
Follow these tips when responding to a patient with a suspected hip fracture
As an essential piece of personal protective equipment, you want to make sure gloves fit well, are durable, and are readily available
How I explained response speed to the question “why don’t you run to the patient?” from an EMT student
Crash in Woodland left the driver pinned under the steering wheel while diesel fuel and fresh concrete spilled onto the road
One teen was critically injured after falling 30 feet inside the intercontinental ballistic missile silo in Arapahoe County
The bus driver lost control and struck a guardrail on I-95 in Harford County
Investigators determined officers in the ambulance were observers and medics were in charge
Independent pathologist concluded that the bruises on Jameek Lowery’s face, fractures to his fingers were the result of “blunt force trauma”
LAFD said 16 patients were transported, 37 were treated on the scene
At least 94 people died after they were given sedatives and restrained by police from 2012 through 2021, according to the Associated Press
An AP investigation shows how a strategy intended to reduce violence and save lives has resulted in avoidable deaths
Students at Respond Right EMS Academy had just learned about seizures when hours later, their instructor began convulsing, leading them to put their newly learned skills to the test
Trooper Lewis Johnson was a familiar face to the A.L.E.R.T. air ambulance crew and now he was their patient
Paramedics placed a backboard on the victim and an officer sat on it while they tried to restrain him
The California Highway Patrol said multiple passengers were ejected in the crash
Independent autopsy of Jameek Lowery counters the state’s cause of death due to cardiac arrest while under the influence of bath salts
Catoosa County officials believe the man might have been trapped for more than a day
Coroner’s report states Reginal Payne suffered cardiac arrest after being restrained face down, in the prone position
Fire, EMS crews in Whitman faced an unusual rescue
Escambia County firefighters extricated the driver and two occupants of the house
The term has been banned from EMS training with the exception to describe its historical usage
Members of the University of South Carolina’s Sigma Phi Epsilon were traveling to New Orleans when the bus hit a concrete barrier
Medway discontinued use of the ambulance service after the patient was forced to walk an “unreasonable distance” to the ambulance
LifeStar Ambulance Service Jacksonville responds to at least 10 lift assist calls a week, most being “no-contact medical alarms”
The DeLand Police Department said the two slammed into each other resulting in “a hard landing”
Paulding County first responders faced a worker buried up to his neck in a 20-foot deep trench
Wind blew the hot-air balloon into power lines near a Rochester highway
10 medical stations were in place along the 26.2-mile course
Birmingham firefighters worked to rescue the driver from under the beam, estimated to weigh 60,000 pounds
