Module 5: Lifting and Moving

Question 1

What are backboards used for?

Answer 1

Used to move patients from ground to stretcher

Question 2

Describe lifting position

Answer 2

-shoulder girdle should be aligned over pelvis
-hands should be held close to legs

Question 3

What is the power grip?

Answer 3

Palms up
hands about ten inches apart
all fingers at same angle
fully support handle on curved palm

Question 4

When should you put child pt’s on the parent’s lap?

Answer 4

NEVER, always put in seat available on ambulance, or try a car seat

Question 5

What are flexible stretchers used for?

Answer 5

Normally during snowstorms, useful for confined spaces

Question 6

What is a stokes basket?

Answer 6

rigid stretcher, useful for pt removal in remote locations

Question 7

What is the benefit of a scoop stretcher?

Answer 7

don’t have to log roll pt, you can scoop them

Question 8

What pts are short backboards used for?

Answer 8

seated patients

Question 9

You have a 72-year-old obese male patient in his bathroom sitting on the toilet. Your assessment revels he is unresponsive, apenic and pulseless. You must preform CPR however the bathroom is too small for CPR to be effective. You and your partner choose to rapidly move the patient outside of the bathroom into his kitchen. This move is an example of a:
1. urgent move
2. rapid move
3. life endangerment move
4. emergency move

Answer 9

1. urgent move
   why not emergency? because emergency requires danger to both you AND pt

Question 10

The preferred device for carrying a conscious medical patient down a flight of stairs is the

Answer 10

stair chair

Question 11

When moving a patient from your stretcher to a hospital bed, the hospital bed should be:
1. lower than the stretcher
2. at the same height as the stretcher
3. higher than the stretcher
4. stretcher should always be higher than the bed

Answer 11

1. lower than the stretcher

Question 12

An EMT can reduce the risk of back injuries when lifting a patient by:
1. avoiding placing the weight to get close to your body
2. lifting with feet together
3. ensuring your knees are straight
4. positioning yourself as close to the weight as possible

Answer 12

4. positioning yourself as close to the weight as possible

Question 13

A patient is face down in a pool. What type of move would you utilize to remove the patient?

Answer 13

urgent move

Question 14

When preforming a log roll, which EMT verbalizes when to move the patient ?
1. EMT at pt’s head
2. EMT with most free time
3. EMT at pt’s hips
4. EMT at pt’s feet

Answer 14

1. EMT at pt’s head