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.
Lifting a patient can be completely uneventful or it can make you a viral internet star
Matt Streger, Brian Hupp and Simon Claridge discuss patient and provider safety devices and protocols
What if scheduling and finalizing a transport could be done in 60 seconds?
First responders in Orleans were dispatched to a man trapped under a piece of heavy machinery at a construction company
Keep the following tips in mind when you encounter a patient who went out of his/her way to overindulge this holiday
First responders worked to save a worker trapped inside a concrete hopper in Paulding County
Painesville Fire Chief Tom Hummel said the powered chairs will reduce the risk of back and shoulder injuries
Prosecutors said the Aurora paramedics did not properly assess McClain and ultimately gave him a significant overdose of ketamine
Aurora paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Peter Cichuniec each face criminally negligent homicide and other charges
A vacuum truck was used to help rescue a man almost completely buried in corn inside the Henryville grain bin
Colorado Solictor General Shannon Stevenson said the Aurora paramedics administered too much ketamine for McClain’s body weight
Springfield EMT Peggy Finley had a $60K bond refunded due to recent legislation
Make your patient feel less like a sack of potatoes with these tips from Steve Whitehead
Parker County Hospital District paramedics faced an amputation and having to perform bilateral finger thoracostomies
Jury selection begins Monday for Aurora Fire Department paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Peter Cichuniec
Rescuers in Chaffee County were sent to rescue an ill-prepared hiker trapped by a snowstorm
Guilderland Emergency Medical Services will have improved crew, patient safety with a power stretcher, power load system
The three patients were flown from the scene in Kissimmee to a hospital in Orlando
First responders in Swansea had to stabilize the house before removing the car
The nurse at the Kaiser Permanente’s Redwood City Medical Center was pinned between a hospital bed and the machine
Croton-on-Hudson first responders were initially unable to reach the injured hiker, who fell 50 feet down an embankment, because the trail was washed out
Vallejo first responders successfully removed the man from the fence spike
First responders safely moved the patient down a rugged trail on Lookout Mountain
A coordinated effort involving several departments saved a construction worker pinned by a foundation collapse
Firefighters and a patient fell to the ground when the roof of the Burlington structure collapsed
The California Department of Motor Vehicles found the Cruise service to be “an unreasonable risk to public safety”
The injured hiker was stuck in a narrow gap in the Thunder Canyon Cave and was unable to rescued by her friends
An FDNY ambulance was struck by an SUV while en route to a hospital
One patient suffered life-threatening injuries after falling into a mine shaft in Kern County
Two Westchester Medical Center Health Network facilities were forced to divert ambulances and transfer patients to other facilities
One patient suffered life-threatening injuries after falling into a mine shaft in Kern County
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Steve Whitehead is going to tell you about a better way to secure your patient
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