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.
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
EMS providers need to apply best practices for trauma patient triage and consider available products to improve patient survival
The EMSA ambulance pulled over when she began to fight paramedics; she then ran from the ambulance and was struck by a car
EMS providers riding in the back of current-design ambulances are at high risk of injury or death during a crash
Growing evidence appears to support modified spinal immobilization protocols for pediatric trauma patients
Co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the pros and cons of stepping over patients
The departments recived American Heart Association’s “Mission: Lifeline” awards, given to EMS crews based on the speed of treating and transporting severe heart attack patients
The American Heart Association award aims at improving the system of care for cardiac arrest patients
Justifiable and properly executed patient restraint, within protocol guidelines, never looks good to the lay public
I am truly fortunate to have known so many people more intimately than I had any right to expect
Is it time for EMS providers to rethink the meaning and application of “load and go”?
An EMT’s perspective on the legal and civilian expectations for cops to render aid to persons in police custody
The technology lifts the stretcher mechanically and locks it in place
Overcome analysis paralysis by focusing on the sequence and process of patient assessment and treatment
EMS agencies are invited to test and comment on proposed measures for stroke patient assessment, care and transport
The online tool aims to facilitate communications and logistics for EMTs and paramedics
Adopt, train, and follow these best practices for field to hospital and interfacility transports of psychiatric patients
You are asked to respond to the home of a woman that has been burned by a liquid while cooking
Plantation Fire Rescue administers powerful sedative to suspected flakka users to calm them down for the safety of all involved
After being extricated from a vehicle the patient was loaded into a medical helicopter, but changed his mind seconds before liftoff
Inside EMS co-host Kelly Grayson provides information from EMS colleagues who were witnesses at the scene, who say the incident appeared to be a case of excited delirium
Police are investigating why the patient was unrestrained and able to take hold of the wheel
Interviews with NY EMTs and paramedics provides new insights into the complex, yet largely unknown juncture of emergency care and end-of-life care
A case claiming the EMT violated patient privacy rights has been moved from state court to federal court
Compassion is what gives EMS meaning and an EMT or medic that lacks it needs to leave the tough work to the rest of us
Troy Goode was behaving erratically after 4-5 hits of LSD, fled from police, and fought with EMS and hospital personnel before his death
Witnesses report and video shows man suspected of LSD overdose face-down on a stretcher with his legs pulled back and bound
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