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.
EMS agencies are cautioned to understand the risk of triaging patients to a ride-sharing service instead of sending an ambulance
You are on scene with a patient who has sustained a significant injury; how do you decide whether to use red lights and sirens?
You are dispatched to a factory for a report of a man with his arm caught in a hydraulic press
The SafeCare SpineBoard can carry a patient up to 1,000 pounds
The update will help to reduce back injury to medics who are transferring heavier patients
Officers say that after they restrained her and searched her vehicle they found her unresponsive when she returned
Application of a four-level force continuum for patients with combative or violent behavior towards EMS providers
The review comes after a patient fled an ambulance and was later hit by a car
The ambulance service said that they had an overload of patients at the time of the call
Four newborns were on respirators that went out when the hospital lost power
This follow-up responds to some of the comments, provides helpful suggestions and finally, offers readers a challenge
Some ambulance crews faced 7-hour wait times to offload patients
After an upset couple said an EMT refused to speak to them in English, health officials say that should not be required
He was transporting a patient when the accident occurred
The paramedic was helping the woman’s husband when she threw the knife
The Canadian parents had called an ambulance for their seizing daughter and say the responding paramedic would only speak French to them
The ambulance had its emergency lights on, but no sirens when the crash occurred
Some hospitals now serve certain ethnic foods and perform particular tests and procedures to accommodate patients of different backgrounds
The father says he begged for help more than five times as his 23-month-old daughter worsened
An additional 60 people were injured, many too frail or weak to escape the blaze
Montreal paramedics say their new ambulances have stiff suspensions that can cause patients to be tossed around in the rear cabin
There are going to be some exciting new products introduced this year at EMS World Expo in New Orleans next week
The family says doctors kept the 8-year-old boy off the ventilator even though family members said he was moving
Jakub Halik lived for six months with a mechanical heart, dying from liver failure
The University of Md. Shock Trauma Center hopes to have ‘community consent’ allowing any patient who enters the hospital to become a subject in a blood transfusion study
Surgeons worked for 36 hours to repair a man’s face that had been mostly lost due to a gun accident
The 21-year-old mother apparently gave birth while en route, emerging from the subway with her baby
Tasleem Rafiq suffered an apparent heart attack and miraculously came back to life
Health officials say people are not calling ambulances when they truly need to
Tony Lindeman had an unexpected heart failure but miraculously survived after medics running the race helped him
You should be training ergonomics just like you train for patient care procedures, fitness or even tactical situations