RC 77 EMT-B Chapter 5
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- body mechanics
- The proper use of the body to facilitate lifting and moving and preventing injury.
- How can you avoid injury when pushing or pulling?
- Push, rather than pull, whenever possible; Keep your back locked-in; Keep the line of pull through the center of your body by bending your knees; Keep the weight close to your body; If the weight is below your waist level, push or pull from a kneeling position; Avoid pushing or pulling overhead; Keep your elbows bent and arms close to your sides.
- What should you consider before lifting any patient?
- The object; Your limitations; Communication.
- What 3 situations may require an emergency move?
- A hazardous scene; Care of life-threatening condisions requires repositioning; You must reach other patients.
- How can your prevent injury when reaching?
- Keep your back in a locked-in position; Avoid twisting while reaching; Avoid reacing more than 15 to 20 inches in front of your body; Avoid prolonged reaching when strenuous effort is required.
- power lift
- A lift from a squatting position with weight to be lifted close to the body, feet apart and flat on the ground, body weight on or just behind balls of feet, back locked in. The upper body is raised before the hips. Also called the squat-lift position.
- How should you lift so as to prevent injury?
- Position your feet properly; Use your legs; Never turn or twist; Do not compensate when lifting with you one hand; Keep the weight close to your body; Use a stair chair when carrying a patient on stairs.
- draw-sheet method
- a method of transferring a patient from bed to stretcher by grasping and pulling the loosened bootm sheet of the bed.
- direct carry
- A method of transferring a patient from the bed to stretcher, during which two or more rescuers curl the patient to their chests, then reverse the process to lower the patient to the stretcher.
- power grip
- Gripping with as much hand surface as possible in contact with the object being lifted, all fingers bent at the same angle, hands at least 10 inches apart.
- direct ground lift
- A method of lifting and carrying a patient from ground level to a stretcher in which two or more rescuers kneel, curl the patient to their chests, stand, then reverse the process to lower the pateint to the stretcher.
- extremity lift
- A method of lifting and carrying a patient during which one rescuer slips hands under the patient's armpits and grasps the wrists, while another rescuer grasps the patient's knees.
- What 2 situations may require an urgent move?
- The required treatment can only be performed if the patient is moved; Factors at the scene cause patient decline.