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.
It may not be poor brain integrity that is causing a lack of response to a sternum rub, but an inadequate length of time the sternum rub is applied
From where to begin, to last-resort options: Tips and tricks I鈥檝e picked up during hundreds of pediatric IV placements
If children aren鈥檛 properly restrained in the back of your ambulance, it puts everyone at risk
How I explained response speed to the question 鈥渨hy don鈥檛 you run to the patient?鈥� from an EMT student
Portland firefighters faced a 20-minute ambulance delay while treating a patient experiencing chest pains
Matthew Reum was pinned inside his pickup truck underneath an I-94 bridge, surviving on rainwater
First responders in Orleans were dispatched to a man trapped under a piece of heavy machinery at a construction company
First responders worked to save a worker trapped inside a concrete hopper in Paulding County
Lifting a patient can be completely uneventful or it can make you a viral internet star
Painesville Fire Chief Tom Hummel said the powered chairs will reduce the risk of back and shoulder injuries
Matt Streger, Brian Hupp and Simon Claridge discuss patient and provider safety devices and protocols
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
What if scheduling and finalizing a transport could be done in 60 seconds?
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鈥檚 body weight
Springfield EMT Peggy Finley had a $60K bond refunded due to recent legislation
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
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 鈥渁n unreasonable risk to public safety鈥�
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
