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.
For EMTs, grief is often a surprising reaction to every day interactions with patients and their loved ones
Your willingness to provide pain management is a reflection of your ability to empathize with the patient
You have to first possess and practice traits like kindness and compassion before you can pass the sentiment on to your patients
Contracts for Maui and Kauai include a quality assurance coordinator and a pediatric emergency care coordinator
Akron authorities stated dozens of victims had been transported to local hospitals
Allegheny County police stated an altercation took place inside a Penn Hills bar and several people opened fire
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HEMSI stated it will not appeal the decision on the 2019 incident
Case New Holland workers were removing a chain that became stuck in the forklift
Legislation includes a protocol checklist for treating patients in their homes instead of being transported to an emergency department
Sick workers arrived at the Sunnyside hospital after being exposed to low levels of radiation
An explosion inside a Youngstown building collapsed the first floor into the basement
Union for Hennepin EMS personnel say the majority of its members want handcuffs
The patient fell 40 feet at the Great Falls in Salisbury
Tualatin Valley firefighters had to stabilize several vehicles during two separate extrications
Adair County Health System had set up a triage center at the Greenfield high school after much of town was destroyed
Two Catskill EMS employees have resigned after a doorbell video showed their treatment of a patient who had fallen inside an ambulance
Recommendations first made in 1995 explained keeping someone on their chest in prone restraint can dangerously restrict breathing
First responders in Waterford were initially dispatched for a person injured in a fall
Portland Fire Rescue said the person survived after possibly coming in contact with a 57,000-volt power line
Overland Park firefighters faced a worker buried up to his waist 15 feet below the ground
How to use the lost art of auscultatory percussion to evaluate suspected long bone fractures
A bus carrying farm workers overturned after it collided with a truck in Marion County
Breaking down some light-hearted and professionally-serious tips to start and build a successful career in EMS
Crash in Woodland left the driver pinned under the steering wheel while diesel fuel and fresh concrete spilled onto the road
One teen was critically injured after falling 30 feet inside the intercontinental ballistic missile silo in Arapahoe County
The bus driver lost control and struck a guardrail on I-95 in Harford County
Investigators determined officers in the ambulance were observers and medics were in charge
Independent pathologist concluded that the bruises on Jameek Lowery鈥檚 face, fractures to his fingers were the result of 鈥渂lunt force trauma鈥�
LAFD said 16 patients were transported, 37 were treated on the scene
At least 94 people died after they were given sedatives and restrained by police from 2012 through 2021, according to the Associated Press
An AP investigation shows how a strategy intended to reduce violence and save lives has resulted in avoidable deaths
Students at Respond Right EMS Academy had just learned about seizures when hours later, their instructor began convulsing, leading them to put their newly learned skills to the test
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