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.
Discuss your duty to extricate a patient from a remote location and what equipment is available to you
Follow these methods to successfully assess and treat older patients
This issue explores efforts to improve ambulance safety, shining a light both on technological advances and ways to improve driver behavior
Increasing obesity rate leads to frequent use of specialized equipment
Baltimore Convention Center exhibit area was on fire with some incredible new advancements in EMS technology on display
Responders faced the most difficult decision of their careers — help dying officer or restrain his attacker
Hospital security guards allegedly spent 20 minutes handcuffing, detaining friends trying to bring him to emergency room as he lay bleeding in car
Regardless of the ability of that person to get under your skin, you have an ethical and professional responsibility to maintain your cool, calm exterior
Several new products were introduced here for 1st time anywhere and have enormous potential
Being able to use an auto-injector can simplify the procedure and speed up the delivery time
Results probably will change how seizures are treated by paramedics
Pervasive problem facing local EMS systems: is it possible to draw a line?
Make them feel comfortable and safe while they entrust you with their care
Arielle Starks died at Advocate Trinity Hospital after an ambulance carrying her to the hospital collided with a car
Four middle and high school students were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after the bus they were on collided with a tractor-trailer
Humboldt Bay Fire personnel used the Jaws of Life to free the woman from the Ford pickup before loading her on a stretcher to be taken to a local hospital
Michael Cripps is already engaged in legal action against the Welsh Ambulance Service
Sara Nodurft, 27, worked for Boone County Ambulance Authority for past 5 years, was member of Spruce River Fire Department
Our Facebook community offered a variety of interesting answers: Some say it should be competitive; others think moving forward in EMS field is political game
Hospital officials won’t give details of the review, which began Monday
Bus had more than 40 students headed toward elementary, high schools; back tire of bus may have left road before it overturned
Woman alleged police officer, paramedics used unnecessary force, filed false charges against her when they responded to 911 call
Vincent Anderson, 19, has been in coma in Texas hospital since last month when car slammed into him while he was on his way to work
Franklin Memorial Hospital launches internal review over the claims
PATH officials turned the train into an express, bypassing most stops so that it would get to its final stop more quickly
Rescue swimmer from fireboat pulled man from frigid water; medics took him to hospital to be treated for hypothermia, undergo mental evaluation
A Charleston County emergency medical technician has been arrested and accused of fondling a female patient during an ambulance ride to a hospital last year
Ex-firefighter helped put out flames so driver wouldn’t burn to death.
Hospitals from around the state that want to send bath salts patients who are in severe crisis to EMMC for specialized care also may have to temporarily paralyze them for the trip
EMAS chief executive Phil Milligan said an ambulance was dispatched quickly, but it had to be diverted to a patient who suffered a cardiac arrest
The assessment identifies a number of areas for improvement, particularly in health and safety
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