Lifting and Moving Patients Flashcards
How many providers must you use to lift a patient who weights more than 250 lbs?
4
Where should the strongest provider be placed when lifting a patient?
Head end
When should you use an emergency move?
If you cannot assess the patient or provide immediate critical emergency medical care because of location or position.
Situations when you should use a Rapid Extricaction Technique
Vehicle or scene is unsafe.
Explosives or other hazardous materials on scene.
Fire or danger of fire.
Patient cannot be assessed properly before being moved from the vehicle.
Needs immediate intervention that requires a supine position.
Life-threatening condition that require rapid transport.
Hemodynamically unstable.
Patient blocks your access to another seriously injured patient.
Position of each provider during a Rapid Extrication Technique
first : positioned in the backseat and provides manual c-spine
Second: gives orders and supports torso.
Third: moves and supports legs
Purpose of vacuum mattresses
Fits snugly to the curvatures and contours of the body
High degree of immobilization and comfort
Thermal insulation
Your primary concern during an emergency move is :
Danger of aggravating an existing spinal injury
When do you use a one-person technique?
Potentially life-threatening danger exists and you are alone or your partner is moving a second patient.
Rapid extraction technique
Sitting from a vehicle to supine on a backboard in 1 minute or less
Direct ground lift
No suspected spinal injury who are found lying supine on ground
Extremity lift
Very narrow space or there is not enough room for the patient and EMS
Methods for moving patient from ground onto stretcher.
Direct ground lift
Log roll onto a backboard, lift, and carry to stretcher.
Scooper stretcher
Log roll onto blanket
