/ems-products/bariatric-patient-transport/ Bariatric Patient Transport en-US Thu, 30 May 2024 21:53:17 GMT /ems-products/Stretchers-and-Stair-Chairs/two-colorado-ems-agencies-first-in-state-to-adopt-ambulance-stretcher-patient-scales Thu, 30 May 2024 21:53:17 GMT /ems-products/Stretchers-and-Stair-Chairs/two-colorado-ems-agencies-first-in-state-to-adopt-ambulance-stretcher-patient-scales /patient-safety/articles/prone-positioning-therapy-or-apathy-LEdD7ZCfESCnWgte/ If you don’t know that prone positioning can cause great bodily harm or death in some patients, you don’t belong in EMS Thu, 19 Jan 2023 19:49:50 GMT /patient-safety/articles/prone-positioning-therapy-or-apathy-LEdD7ZCfESCnWgte/ /ambulances-emergency-vehicles/articles/baltimore-gets-98-new-apparatus-units-totaling-40-million-sfihZypPvMQiHij6/ The new additions to the fleet include rescue boats, air units, bariatric medic units, engines and medical units Thu, 08 Jul 2021 18:42:10 GMT /ambulances-emergency-vehicles/articles/baltimore-gets-98-new-apparatus-units-totaling-40-million-sfihZypPvMQiHij6/ /patient-safety/articles/rethinking-lift-assist-calls-with-maia-dorsett-LPEX3t5DmKs3ILQq/ The clinical, cognitive and potential risk considerations in lift-assists, which are more complex than we realize Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:47:33 GMT /patient-safety/articles/rethinking-lift-assist-calls-with-maia-dorsett-LPEX3t5DmKs3ILQq/ /ems-products/bariatric-patient-transport/articles/the-tools-and-resources-you-need-for-bariatric-response-transport-JV8ge7gNK3QACDaP/ Use the right equipment and enlist extra personnel to help transport bariatric patients out of their homes and into the ambulance while keeping their safety top of mind Thu, 05 Sep 2019 15:01:49 GMT /ems-products/bariatric-patient-transport/articles/the-tools-and-resources-you-need-for-bariatric-response-transport-JV8ge7gNK3QACDaP/ /ems-products/patient-handling/articles/my-lowest-moment-as-a-paramedic-ODYZ8W17ruu0xHpo/ I still regret a euphoric comment to my partner after lifting a morbidly obese patient Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:34:48 GMT /ems-products/patient-handling/articles/my-lowest-moment-as-a-paramedic-ODYZ8W17ruu0xHpo/ /ems-products/bariatric-patient-transport/articles/lifting-assistance-carrying-bariatric-patients-over-the-gap-in-todays-healthcare-sPgs9TliAWSOrXW4/ MIH/CP programs coordinate between responders, patients and families to improve bariatric patient transportation and care, proving their worth Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:48:57 GMT /ems-products/bariatric-patient-transport/articles/lifting-assistance-carrying-bariatric-patients-over-the-gap-in-todays-healthcare-sPgs9TliAWSOrXW4/ /ems-products/bariatric-patient-transport/articles/treating-and-transporting-bariatric-patients-T1f9CyQ3H25bb99h/ In this episode, our co-hosts discuss the challenges that come with assisting bariatric patients, including logistics, equipment needs and provider attitudes Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:08:47 GMT /ems-products/bariatric-patient-transport/articles/treating-and-transporting-bariatric-patients-T1f9CyQ3H25bb99h/ /ems-products/bariatric-patient-transport/articles/survey-how-do-you-train-to-move-assess-and-treat-bariatric-patients-WJ17qaeRe3lqAfgl/ Please take a couple moments to answer these multiple-choice questions, which will help us capture how your agency is staying up to date on training for EMS treatment of bariatric patients Mon, 12 Aug 2019 04:39:22 GMT /ems-products/bariatric-patient-transport/articles/survey-how-do-you-train-to-move-assess-and-treat-bariatric-patients-WJ17qaeRe3lqAfgl/