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.
A mobile stroke unit offers specially trained personnel and equipment which can provide remote diagnosis and evidence-based management to patients for definitive treatment
Improving driving and passenger safety behavior is an immediate action for EMS leaders as safety innovations diffuse through new ambulance purchases
Move beyond a hospital towel and spray bottle of disinfectant with specialized tools to fully eliminate dangerous pathogens from ambulances
Paramedics and police report a rise in overdose calls and drug arrests
Jeff Burke was helping a stroke patient when a fire truck popped out of gear and pinned him to an ambulance
Community Paramedicine will send paramedics to visit frequent 911 callers to assess why they call so often
Kelly Grayson recounts a huge call in this exclusive book excerpt from ‘En Route: A Paramedic’s Stories of Life, Death, and Everything in Between,’
The man suffered a serious head injury and lay waiting at the bottom of a flight of stairs for an ambulance
Despite having a bariatric ambulance, firefighters still must use rescue and lifting equipment to move patients
Data shows 65 percent of ambulance transports wait more than half an hour for a bed
The 66-year-old woman was allegedly not secured to her seat in the ambulance and was injured while riding in the vehicle
The family believes that if proper care was given to Joanne Rodriguez, she’d still be alive
A paramedic only gave the girl’s parents Tamiflu
Brad Tate responded to calls and told patients they did not need to be taken to the hospital, but they were rushed in later
What will EMS look like in 2030? What resources will be required to move an increasingly obese population?
The army veteran said a nurse repeatedly put ice packs on his penis after surgery, causing gangrene and leading to a partial amputation of the organ
He believes the hospital wrongly allowed her highly intoxicated daughter to leave alone and was later hit by a car
They claim medics forcibly injected their son with a sedative and kicked him as he lay “completely unresponsive”
The new labeling system will categorize calls by level of seriousness
American Medical Response claims that Blue Cross members have failed to pay it $3 million for ambulance transportation since Blue Cross stopped making direct payments to the company in 2010.
Device can move patients with less manpower, improved maneuverability and potentially fewer back injuries
The NY county Narcan pilot program shows promising effects
Patients said paramedics arrived within five minutes, but were forced to wait for EMT to take them to hospital
A little girl fell and broke her arm, but the school nurses reportedly did call an ambulance
The report hopes to ensure a defined method of children transport in ground ambulances
A lawsuit over a man who was asked by medics to walk through a record-breaking blizzard has been settled
Officials say an inadequate examination and lack of protocol contributed to the baby’s death
The video reportedly shows a paramedic aggressively handling an intoxicated woman
The study raises concerns on time-consuming scripted questions dispatchers must ask before giving CPR instructions
The EZ Life Rescue System is designed to make patient transportation less strenuous on firefighters
Hospitals are so full that elderly patients are being discharged in the middle of the night and routine blood tests are being conducted at 3am
More than 140 people took part in the session at Coventry University, run by mother and baby charity Baby Lifeline
