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.
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When assessing and treating patients in a cold environment, do these simple things to help prevent heat loss and improve heat retention
If you want to get things from people, you need to shift your focus onto what you give them
After Joey Zeman fell on the ice, he found his pliers in an odd place
Washington lawmakers follow other states pushing for reform in restraint techniques after the in-custody death of Manuel Ellis
The new ambulances, designed to be lightweight, come equipped with a powered trolley bed system and a powered carry chair for patient transport
A speeding SUV went off the road and became stuck, off the ground, between trees in the Longmeadow crash
The 鈥淟ost in Translation鈥� campaign highlights the challenges deaf people have in ambulances, EDs
A person inside a dumpster found themselves trapped inside a garbage truck in Escambia County
As an essential piece of personal protective equipment, you want to make sure medical gloves fit well, are durable, and are readily available
Rescuers spent five hours digging the plumber out from a collapse at a National City shopping mall
A construction crew found the unconscious man approximately 80 feet up the crane at the Durham site
MedStar stated 15 patients were transported from the Sandman Signature Hotel in Fort Worth after an explosion
Four people were trapped inside after their car snapped a utility pole and came to rest against the roof of a house in Pulaski.
Two of the three injured workers suffered traumatic injuries
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
