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.
Agencies should take into consideration local terrain, potential hazards and future needs before purchasing a specialty EMS vehicle
Prepare for awkward lifts with smart strategies and tools to boost patient confidence and avoid on-the-job injuries
It’s important to clean and decontaminate the ambulance interior regularly to prevent the spread of germs
Blanket drag used by EMS and bystanders to move man possibly having a heart attack to ambulance
Is EMS becoming too technical when it comes to patient care?
Once a patient is in the exam room, they can appear very different than the person EMS responded to on the street
It took a bariatric litter, a bariatric rig and a lot of manpower to move the patient experiencing a medical emergency
With studies showing spinal immobilization often does more harm than good, more agencies will adopt policies limiting backboards in 2015
In what was considered a precedent-setting case, he received probation and community service for not properly treating a patient who later died of his injuries
Patients will be placed on a padded stretcher for spinal immobilization; Palm Beach County Fire Rescue is one of the first agencies in the state to make the policy change
Experienced providers should re-evaluate priorities before riding a bad idea into the ground
Due to feet of snow, it was not possible to get in or out of the hospital by vehicle
The ambulance is a preemptive measure due the company’s involvement with patients traveling abroad
A flight photographer’s PR assignment quickly changes as he captures the response to a serious medical call
One nurse suffered a collapsed lung after the patient burst into the nursing station swinging part of a hospital bed
She now donates plasma containing Ebola antibodies to be given to other patients
The interior has been completely covered in plastic and stripped of equipment
Campus EMS set up decontamination tents prior to transporting the 20-year-old patient to the hospital
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A motorist hit an ambulance, rolling it and killing a 71-year-old patient
He fled from a psychiatric hospital as he was being loaded into an ambulance, and was hit by several cars when he ran onto a nearby busy highway
A 90-year-old woman ended up in a coma when the service, which provides flat-screen TVs and other amenities, allegedly let her fall on her apartment stairs
Health officials said they are still monitoring about 50 people who may have had contact with the patient for signs of the deadly disease
The incident is believed to have occurred while transporting the patient from a doctor’s appointment
Lifting is one of those predictable moments in our mostly unpredictable jobs, and changing your technique can reduce pain
The responders and the ambulance were isolated after the transport; they’ve been sent home but will be monitored for 21 days
The more complex the skill, the more attention it requires; so how do we get work done and still maintain awareness of the whole scene?
With hands-free pressure applied to the wound, medics expect faster control of other critical patient needs
