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.
Law enforcement and SAR K-9s are public safety personnel who may require the emergency care of EMS providers
Our co-hosts discuss EMS back injuries and the use of equipment
Our co-hosts discuss how one program is teaching paramedics how to deal and empathize with dementia patients by using virtual training
The emergency response to the blast was one of the largest responses initiated by San Mateo County
In EMS, it’s important to remember that the focus of every call is to best serve the patient
A Deputy Springfield Fire Chief said policy requires that requests to help lift, transfer or transport patients in non-emergencies be turned down
Now rescue workers are icing heart-attack patients in the ambulance
Suit claims paramedic wrongly concluded patient’s condition was anxiety related
About 17 percent of visits to U.S. emergency rooms involved conditions that could be treated at medical clinics or urgent care centers
Ambulances in Memphis are now equipped with coolers used to chill saline solution to help treat people who have suffered cardiac arrest
A specialized private ambulance designed to handle patients who weigh up to 1,500 pounds makes about 350 trips a year
Why are some of us blatantly disrespectful of the nursing home nurse?
Red Cross report shows Americans have high expectations of first responders
A working group made up of representatives from various agencies is looking to improve safety levels for children being taken to the hospital
Avoid harm and potential litigation by not making these errors with a violent patient at an emotionally charged scene
No paramedics or ambulance on site of fight; took an hour to get transported
Paramedics told to wait for police assistance before helping man who passed out
Officials summoned local ambulances, as well as ambulances from surrounding counties, to transport about 80 patients to other hospitals
Medics looking to buy stretchers that can move patients weighing up to 1,000 pounds
Jessica Yochum claims medics failed to properly treat her while she was having a seizure
Rural Metro Ambulance to give a statement on how he escaped
Clearly patients do surprise us from time to time, even when they are dead
What does vitamin B1 deficiency mean in the prehospital environment?
Marshall County EMS placed into service a John Deere Gator 4X4 XUV outfitted with a MedLite™ EMS insert in the cargo bed
Evelyn Stypula is starting a program to provide emergency transportation for people with disabilities and senior citizens
Paramedics wrongly diagnosed heart condition as asthma
Potentially unstable patients may be seen more quickly
$20K Beavercreek initiative expected to be model for other area emergency agencies
Find out which populations rely most on ambulance transport
On-board oxygen system shut off, killing a woman in April
Could take more than a week to add information back into system
Man being transported for psychological evaluation when he allegedly started fighting with medics in the back of an ambulance
Disaster could overwhelm hospitals, ambulances
