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.
If children aren鈥檛 properly restrained in the back of your ambulance, it puts everyone at risk
If you鈥檙e embracing power devices to help move patients, don鈥檛 skip the first step
How to use the lost art of auscultatory percussion to evaluate suspected long bone fractures
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
First responders in Cincinnati had difficulty reaching the SUV after it had been pushed past the crossing
Paramedics evaluated, transported three people to hospitals for additional testing as firefighters evacuated judges鈥� chambers
Authorities said the Alamance-Burlington School System bus went off the road, struck a culvert and hit the building
One patient in the New Bedford pier collapse was transported to St. Luke鈥檚 Emergency Department by rescue boat
Officials said the two deputies were critically injured by fire inside the trailer
DUI charge and other charges against Kevin Tirrel McCorvey were dropped in a deal for a reduced prison sentence
Video shows firefighters fighting a fire involving a parked semi trailer at a detention center
Passengers were thrown forward when the operator hit the emergency brake to avoid hitting a vehicle
Authorities in Lexington said three people were injured in a 5-vehicle crash
The man was transported to Bellevue Hospital with a leg injury after dropping 30 feet into the World Trade Center memorial pool
First responders in Northwest Missouri often have to decide that it is quicker to transport by ground than wait for a helicopter
Marlene Jordan suffered a fractured femur when a Sacramento paramedic dropped her while moving her to a cot
Aurora paramedics Cooper and Cichuniec are scheduled to be tried in November
Prince George鈥檚 County first responders faced a total of 56 passengers at the crash scene
San Diego and Chula Vista FFs worked to extricate the driver after his truck went off a freeway ramp and overturned
Officials say the woman was struck by a vehicle and thrown into the path of the Cruise vehicle that ran over her
An employee leaving the Flint Processing Center in Swartz Creek hit workers blocking a driveway
Travis Muller was cleaning out the bin when he became caught in the power sweep auger
One patient in the Spafford explosion was trapped inside by the debris of the explosion
Portland firefighters faced a car pinned partially underneath a semi in a jack-knife collision
The Franklinville man lost his balance and fell onto a London-style gate, with decorative spikes, being used to section off a room
The Ogdensburg International Airport was the location for training a simulated plane crash and fire
An attorney for one of the Aurora officers said, 鈥淢r. McClain died because Paramedic Cooper injected him with 1.7, 1.8 times the ketamine for someone his weight and size.鈥�
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