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.
Most EMS provider back injuries result from lifting patients – do you know how to position your body to minimize your risk?
The expectation of civilians to respond to emergencies has expanded from care of close friends and family to caring for bystanders and stopping attackers
Running makes it harder to keep your cool and operate at peak effectiveness
The medic noticed that she had no way to get out of her house in an emergency
His neck remains immobilized to keep the fractures stable, and a breathing tube is in place to ensure that swelling doesn’t interfere with breathing
Virginia State Police say no shots were fired and there were no injuries
Police said Darren Ethedge, 31, was high on PCP
Paula Freeman had helped deliver two other babies via phone during her 27 years as a dispatcher with the Connecticut State Police
Cross contamination isn’t suspected but is also possible
Surrounding waters were too shallow and the bottom too soft for initial fire department rescue boats to reach the stranded boat
An ambulance spokesman claimed their staff could not have given a “higher standard of care”
Police escort allows Orange County paramedics to work during active shooter incidents
The doctor said the woman has lumbar lordosis, which is a medical term for the curve of the lower spine that makes the buttocks protrude more
The next option is to go by ground ambulance, which can take twice as long often in situations where every second counts
He grabbed gloves, hauled out his medical kit and called for EMS
Council members raised concerns about the response time in light of a recent 10-day strike notice due contract disputes
Although a nurse told doctors that she was recovering from her overdose, those same doctors pronounced her dead
It will cost about $32,000 to update an existing ambulance to handle heavier patients
Volunteers, not city fire department, responded to anaphylaxis victim
The machinery itself does most of the moving and lifting and that means both patients and paramedics are at less of a risk for being injured
Charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct, the man has been suspended from his agency without pay following his arrest
Eutisha Rennix was six months pregnant when she collapsed from an asthma attack at a Brooklyn coffee shop in 2009
Baseball offers one of the purest comparisons — a heady game of technical precision, where numbers and probabilities reign
The woman had to be transported to the hospital for treatment of her injuries
The cuts are a part of a spending reduction plan put in place after cuts in reimbursement from Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance
The loss of personnel the hospital’s emergency room would have to stop accepting patients by ambulance and would be taking only walk-in patients
He was removed from the ambulance after struggling with officers and EMS personnel
Medics initially took one unconscious man to hospital, returned within hour after other residents, staff complained of illness
The EMT continued speaking to the woman and attempted to keep her conscious