CH 3: Lifiting and Moving Patients

Question 1

What is the correct position of an​ EMT’s feet when​ lifting?

Answer 1

Shoulder width apart

Question 2

Urgent moves are required​ when:

Answer 2

life threats exist but there is time for precautions for spinal injuries.

Question 3

How far apart should your hands be when using a power​ grip?

Answer 3

10 inches

Question 4

What should you use when you want to move a patient from a wheelchair to a​ stretcher?

Answer 4

Extremity lift

Question 5

What is another name for an ambulance​ cot?

Answer 5

Wheeled ambulance stretcher

Question 6

For a patient without a possibility of spinal​ injury, what carry should be used to move him from a bed to a​ stretcher?

Answer 6

draw-sheet method

Question 7

What type of move should the EMT use to move a patient who is in a car that has started to​ burn?

Answer 7

Emergency move

Question 8

What is the preferred number of rescuers when using a stair​ chair?

Answer 8

Three: two lifting and one spotting

Question 9

You have responded to a nursing home and find an elderly patient in his bed in cardiac arrest. Which type of move would you perform to get the patient to a hard surface so you can perform chest​ compressions?

Answer 9

Emergency move

Question 10

Which of the following factors least needs to be considered before lifting any​ patient?

Answer 10

the distance to cover

Question 11

Which of the following best describes an urgent​ move?
-Pulling a patient by her feet across a parking lot
-Using a sheet to move a patient from a bed to the stretcher
-Dragging a patient from a burning house using his shirt
-Moving a patient from a car directly to a long spine boa

Answer 11

Moving a patient from a car directly to a long spine board

Question 12

You and your partner arrive on the scene of a​ 400-pound patient lying in bed. He complains of nausea and vomiting for the past 3 days. When he tries to sit​ up, he gets very dizzy and has a syncopal episode. Realizing that he cannot assist you in getting on the​ stretcher, you decide to do what

Answer 12

Call for additional manpower to move the patient.

Question 13

What is the main benefit of using a stair chair with a tracklike system over a traditional stair​ chair?

Answer 13

A stair chair with a tracklike system prevents the patient from having to be lifted down stairs.

Question 14

What device is best suited for maneuvering a patient through a narrow​ hallway?

Answer 14

Flexible stretcher

Question 15

You have responded to a multiple casualty incident involving an overturned bus. Patients have been thrown around the interior of the​ bus, and several are piled on top of each other. What type of move would you perform to gain access to the most critically injured​ patients?

Answer 15

Emergency move

Question 16

Stretchers that are designed to carry obese patients weighing up to 800 pounds​ (or more) are​ called:

Answer 16

bariatric stretchers.

Question 17

You are moving an elderly patient down the stairs using a stair chair. The patient is alert and very anxious. What should you do prior to moving the patient to prevent her from grabbing the railing and causing you to​ fall?

Answer 17

Explain to the patient what you are doing and advise her to hold her hands together and not let go until you are finished moving her.

Question 18

If the weight being pulled is below the level of the​ EMT’s waist, he should be in​ a(n) ________ position.

Answer 18

kneeling

Question 19

During an emergency​ move, which of the following techniques should be​ used, whenever​ possible, to minimize the possibility of further aggravating a possible spinal​ injury?

Answer 19

Move the patient in the direction of the long axis of the body.

Question 20

You are treating an unconscious patient who does not have a possibility of spinal injury and who is breathing adequately. What is the best position for transporting the​ patient?

Answer 20

Recovery position

Question 21

How many pounds are most​ battery-powered hydraulic systems rated to safely​ lift?

Answer 21

700 pounds

Question 22

Which of the methods listed below is best described as moving a patient from the floor to a stretcher by having two or more rescuers​ kneel, curl the patient to their​ chests, stand, and then reverse the process to place the patient on the​ stretcher?

Answer 22

Direct ground lift

Question 23

You respond to a call at a park where you find a​ 550-pound patient who has fallen down a slope near a creek. As you and your partner discuss the​ situation, you decide to call a second unit for lifting assistance. Once the patient is on a​ stretcher, how would the additional two personnel help in this​ lift?

Answer 23

You place one person on each corner of the stretcher to balance the weight and share in the lifting.

Question 24

You respond to the scene of a​ two-vehicle T-bone vehicle collision. The​ driver’s side door is smashed shut and will not open. The front passenger door will open. The front passenger is stable and complaining of severe head and neck pain. You suspect that he has a potential spinal injury. The driver is​ unresponsive, in critical​ condition, and has gurgling respirations. You should extricate the passenger by which​ technique?

Answer 24

Move the patient out of the car as quickly as​ possible, in the direction of the long axis of the body.