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.
Learn how to put structure to your patient safety program while changing the culture and measuring progress
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
By triaging patients with mental illness, especially repeat users, the Grady EMS Upstream Crisis Intervention Group provider has improved care, saved significant money and boosted morale
Patients treated with ketamine were sedated 12 minutes faster than with average sedative
The Nash County EMS providers did not sustain life-threatening injuries and cared for the injured vehicle occupants
The transports are conducted by off-duty personnel; the ambulances used are also pulled out of reserve
You were asked to assess and treat a potential stroke in a 39-year-old man found unresponsive while working out; did you make the right call?
You are asked to respond to the fitness room at a local hotel
Standardizing the transition of care helps improve patient safety and ensure the patient’s care is smooth and no information is lost
Organize your trauma kit so regular intravenous catheters are not mixed with catheters with backflow preventing or blood control valves
EMS providers need to admit that prehospital patient care errors can and do happen to begin addressing this serious cause of patient injury and death
During April, there were a combined 714 incidents of delays in handing over patients to staff
Learn the signs and symptoms for this significant pediatric airway and ventilation emergency
Health care accreditation and safety organizations have cited alarm fatigue as a top patient safety risk
The Excellance, Inc. ambulance allows medics to perform CT scans of suspected stroke patients and transmit images to neurologists
A scene two EMS providers thought was “safe” turned out to be much worse than the terrible weather outside
Review the subtle signs of an acute ST-elevation MI with this case of a man presenting with “heavy” chest pain
Sam Conkel, 24, was arraigned on sexual battery and gross sexual imposition charges
I make sure people suffering from alcoholism receive the same level of professionalism as every other patient
Key reasons include seriousness of medical problems and the lack of access to other medical providers
Without acknowledging fault, Good Samaritan Hospital settled for $450,000 and agreed to follow protocols to properly release homeless patients
EMS officials from a nearby agency said they responded as fast as they could to the man in cardiac arrest
Improperly used or maintained patient care and devices can cause harm to patients and providers
The goal of EMS quality improvement should be the efficient correction of inappropriate practices and behaviors, not exacting vengeance
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