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.
Teaching points from the ‘malpractice or murder’ case: Action steps for EMS practitioners
If you don’t know that prone positioning can cause great bodily harm or death in some patients, you don’t belong in EMS
Teaching points from the ‘malpractice or murder’ case – Part 1: Action steps for EMS leaders
Tulsa Police Officer Sean Love lost consciousness and did not have a pulse after struggling with the patient who had escaped restraints
Have you recently reviewed lifting techniques, stretcher operations and teamwork to avoid a patient drop?
Test your airway management knowledge with these 10 questions
Officials say Dijimon Kelly, 22, was suffering from mental health problems when he jumped out of an ambulance on Friday
Worcester police officials announced this week that they have completed their investigation into the video posted on Facebook in July
Ed Fox, who died due to COVID-19 two weeks after the 911 call, reportedly suffered two falls under the care of the EMS crew, who are also accused of forgetting to connect oxygen to a non-rebreather mask
Spencer Fox claims the private EMS crew forgot to buckle his father, Ed Fox, into the stretcher and forgot to connect the mask over his face to an oxygen source
A driver suspected of driving under the influence plowed into Erik Bedwell’s ambulance, sending him, his patient and his future into a tailspin
Learn how advanced cardiac resuscitation techniques lead to increased survival in OOH cardiac arrest
Deprioritizing epinephrine in the order of interventions
The suit stems from the death of a Sacramento man who was treated for low blood sugar while handcuffed in a prone position
Using the stretcher as a tool in heads-up CPR
Learn how to put structure to your patient safety program while changing the culture and measuring progress
The statement addresses assessment, restraint, use of sedatives such as ketamine and law enforcement involvement when caring for an agitated patient
Deprioritizing epinephrine in the order of interventions
Using the stretcher as a tool in heads-up CPR
The 4 acceptable pauses in CPR
EMS providers said they were forced to wheel a stretcher for a quarter-mile down the road after being told it wouldn’t be cleared for another hour
The patient reportedly spilled out of the stretcher and struck their head while being loaded into an ambulance
Worcester Police Chief Steven M. Sargent said the video seems to show an officer using force on a patient in a stretcher after the patient allegedly spat at officers
The woman, who is also accused of kicking a police officer and attempting to spit on first responders, was arraigned last week in relation to the May incident
3 EMS lessons from Minneapolis: EMS duty to the patient, even in uncomfortable situations
Conduct a needs assessment to establish how accessories will be used to save time and protect providers
Police say the man got into the ambulance while paramedics were trying to load the patient into the back
What we can learn about EMS responsibility to intervene from the death of George Floyd
As the State of Colorado eases measures put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we take a look at how one community with an early outbreak took aggressive measures to contain the spread of the virus – and emerge stronger than ever.
Scenario: EMS work through resuscitation and management strategies when they respond to a call for pediatric drowning and find the child in cardiac arrest
Firefighter-paramedics rapidly implement new ideas to curb infection
Fire officials say the fees would hopefully deter facilities from relying too heavily on emergency services
