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
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
There is often a chaotic scene as burn victims are usually pulled out of the fire early, which easily distract responders
Of the complaints, just over a third were about ambulances not arriving quickly enough, while another third were about quality of care
5 of the hospitalized people are in critical condition
Nicholas Blossom is in stable condition after landing headfirst on a spiked fence
Only minor injuries; 58 passengers OK
Sends paramedics to scene before ambulance can respond
Drill brings together local, state and federal agencies
Melissa Massey admitted the attack but successfully appealed her case
How innovations in technology have shaped an essential EMS tool
