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.
In the right patient, with a solid understanding of the pharmacology and a plan to address potential side effects, ketamine can be an incredibly useful tool for EMS
Discover essential tools to help individuals with limited mobility navigate daily life more easily and securely
The patient care report needs to clearly and consistently demonstrate that patients received good patient care
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
Trooper Lewis Johnson was a familiar face to the A.L.E.R.T. air ambulance crew and now he was their patient
Paramedics placed a backboard on the victim and an officer sat on it while they tried to restrain him
The California Highway Patrol said multiple passengers were ejected in the crash
Independent autopsy of Jameek Lowery counters the state鈥檚 cause of death due to cardiac arrest while under the influence of bath salts
Catoosa County officials believe the man might have been trapped for more than a day
Coroner鈥檚 report states Reginal Payne suffered cardiac arrest after being restrained face down, in the prone position
Fire, EMS crews in Whitman faced an unusual rescue
Escambia County firefighters extricated the driver and two occupants of the house
The term has been banned from EMS training with the exception to describe its historical usage
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