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.
How do you assess and treat general weakness in a geriatric patient that faints at church or a public event?
You were asked to assist your trainee in assessing and treating a 56-year-old man with shortness of breath; did you make the right call?
You are dispatched to a bank for a man who is weak and lethargic
Chief Wayne Zygowicz found that few departments or agencies have suicide training for first responders and even fewer have SOPs in place
The risk of occupational death is two-and-a-half fold higher for EMS workers, while EMS response is also statistically more dangerous than police or fire
Under a new policy, most patients will be taken to the nearest hospital, but victims with minor injuries must wait for a second ambulance if they prefer a different hospital
Researchers examined the medical records of 5,170 minors who were treated by emergency medical personnel for an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Police started escorting ambulances after a dispatcher was killed; gunmen have pulled over ambulances at gunpoint
20 firefighters were told that due to health and safety regulations, they could not use their own equipment to save a woman who was screaming for 6 hours
Paul Werfel said EMS providers need to ensure they are offer ready to offer care to an aging segment of the population effectively and with respect
A paramedic told a mother to run a hot shower to clear the congestion from her child’s lungs; the child died hours later
Several Salt Lake County fire departments will soon have Bluetooth technology that allows EMTs to transmit EKG data directly to hospitals
Traci Adams says late husband’s airway was not properly cleared and he was not given supplemental oxygen
Students at Longmont Front Range Community College practice emergency response techniques
16-year-old was restrained on a gurney in the back of the vehicle when he loosened his restraints and jumped
Bariatric stretchers, ambulance operations more common
Doctors want ambulances equipped with chilled saline and ice packs
Ambulance company merges with firefighters; paramedics to be held to firefighter standards
Several products offer strategies to combat cold and keep patients warm
26-year-old man erroneously classified as “Priority 4" by responders
Medic: Man unbuckled belts, opened door, and jumped out
EMTs called dispatch at request of restaurant worker
Without antibiotics and operating rooms, amputations common