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.
Your patient has an apparent hip fracture after a fall and needs to be packaged for transport; did you make the right call?
You are dispatched to an independent living facility for a senior citizen who has fallen
Decisions made in the prehospital setting can significantly improve outcomes for patients with orthopedic trauma
With new system, if a disabled person calls 911, first responders will know if they are entering a situation with special circumstances
The unidentified teen lived through the drop Sunday and the 20 minutes she spent in the frigid water of San Francisco Bay before she was rescued
With the help of an $8,700 county grant, the city retrofitted one of its five ambulances with a more powerful automated stretcher that holds more weight and has a wider bed
Suit filed on anniversary of 16-year-old’s death
Ernest Soltwisch went in for treatment at a wound care center and ended up with a fractured hip
Clifford Adkins, CEO of ARC Products, develops products for disaster preparedness
Man died from heart attack hours after medics said he was suffering from acid reflux
With the lighter and smaller vehicles we are starting to see in EMS, the size of our equipment will start to be a really big deal
Vehicles are being revamped with wider stretchers and lifting gear to cope with the increasing number of fat patients
For the first time, medics in Ireland will have to publicly report the time it takes them to reach patients with potentially fatal conditions
20-minute target of handing over a patient to nursing staff is routinely missed
A man being treated for hypothermia recieved $6,000 in medical fees for a forced helicopter ride by county paramedics
Paramedics were able to help the youngster by pouring water on his tongue
While people who go into cardiac arrest do survive with basic CPR chest compressions, research has shown that the survival rate doubles if an AED is used properly
With much of our training and preparation designed expressly for this area, it’s important to take note of the changes and to think about implementation
Thrashers’ medics on full alert when Pavelec faints
The program, called Santa on the Air, is intended to lessen the impact of an emergency on a child during the holidays
The decisions we make right now will affect the quality of life for thousands of patients for the rest of our careers
The GMB said it fears that scrapping response targets was the ‘thin end of the wedge’ which will lead to a deterioration of the health service
The program is first of its kind in the U.S. and could eventually lead to thousands more organs donated each year nationwide
He wasn’t given any food, water or painkillers during his long wait at Bedford Hospital after suffering a fractured kneecap, a bruised ankle and bump on the head in a car accident earlier in the day
Wayne Harriman decided a seriously ill middle-aged diabetic was fit enough to mount ten steps to an ambulance waiting in the street above, a hearing heard
Midwest Ambulance was judged to be 10 percent at fault and was ordered to pay $54,639
Daughter: ‘The operator asked me if it was an emergency I said of course it is, he’s crying with pain’
Man asks ambulance to stop by polling on way home from the hospital
Remember when you’re documenting a refusal, you’re writing a report not for other medical professionals, but for 12 people who didn’t know how to avoid jury duty
