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.
Steve Whitehead and Nick Nudell debate the importance of MOR reporting
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
When decon is not enough to assure patient comfort and safety, consider replacing your stretcher mattress with an affordable, durable substitute
The petition comes three years after civil rights investigators found Hennepin Healthcare paramedics were sedating people at the request of police
An attorney for Jamon West’s family alleges firefighters threw West to the ground and put their weight on top of him while he was having a seizure
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The 71-year-old driver, who is now in custody, was heading through a tunnel when he drove his Volvo station wagon onto the sidewalk
Paramedic Shea Lathrum and EMT Brandon Busch were returning from an out-of-county transport when they saw a car leave the roadway and catch fire
Tulsa Police Officer Sean Love lost consciousness and did not have a pulse after struggling with the patient who had escaped restraints
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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
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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
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Conduct a needs assessment to establish how accessories will be used to save time and protect providers
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