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.
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Put yourself in the patient’s position to gain an understanding of how their fear may complicate your interventions
A person inside a dumpster found themselves trapped inside a garbage truck in Escambia County
As an essential piece of personal protective equipment, you want to make sure medical gloves fit well, are durable, and are readily available
Rescuers spent five hours digging the plumber out from a collapse at a National City shopping mall
A construction crew found the unconscious man approximately 80 feet up the crane at the Durham site
MedStar stated 15 patients were transported from the Sandman Signature Hotel in Fort Worth after an explosion
Four people were trapped inside after their car snapped a utility pole and came to rest against the roof of a house in Pulaski.
Two of the three injured workers suffered traumatic injuries
How I explained response speed to the question “why don’t you run to the patient?” from an EMT student
Portland firefighters faced a 20-minute ambulance delay while treating a patient experiencing chest pains
Matthew Reum was pinned inside his pickup truck underneath an I-94 bridge, surviving on rainwater
First responders in Orleans were dispatched to a man trapped under a piece of heavy machinery at a construction company
First responders worked to save a worker trapped inside a concrete hopper in Paulding County
Lifting a patient can be completely uneventful or it can make you a viral internet star
Painesville Fire Chief Tom Hummel said the powered chairs will reduce the risk of back and shoulder injuries
Matt Streger, Brian Hupp and Simon Claridge discuss patient and provider safety devices and protocols
Prosecutors said the Aurora paramedics did not properly assess McClain and ultimately gave him a significant overdose of ketamine
Aurora paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Peter Cichuniec each face criminally negligent homicide and other charges
What if scheduling and finalizing a transport could be done in 60 seconds?
A vacuum truck was used to help rescue a man almost completely buried in corn inside the Henryville grain bin
Colorado Solictor General Shannon Stevenson said the Aurora paramedics administered too much ketamine for McClain’s body weight
Springfield EMT Peggy Finley had a $60K bond refunded due to recent legislation
Parker County Hospital District paramedics faced an amputation and having to perform bilateral finger thoracostomies
Jury selection begins Monday for Aurora Fire Department paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Peter Cichuniec
Rescuers in Chaffee County were sent to rescue an ill-prepared hiker trapped by a snowstorm
Guilderland Emergency Medical Services will have improved crew, patient safety with a power stretcher, power load system
The three patients were flown from the scene in Kissimmee to a hospital in Orlando
First responders in Swansea had to stabilize the house before removing the car
Croton-on-Hudson first responders were initially unable to reach the injured hiker, who fell 50 feet down an embankment, because the trail was washed out
Vallejo first responders successfully removed the man from the fence spike
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