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.
Field supervisors need to ensure EMS personnel follow infection control guidelines and ambulance decontamination processes
Steve Whitehead and Dr. David Tan discuss the EMS response to a patient who is allegedly drunk and has been seen by providers many times in the past
For new EMTs and paramedics there is nothing more important than improving your patient assessment skills; learn and follow these field proven tips
A judge dismissed a lawsuit against Puyallup police and Central Pierce Fire & Rescue filed by a woman who was misdiagnosed with DUI but was later found to have suffered a massive stroke
Volcano Rescue Team EMTs and paramedics reached the patient via a side trail while technical crews set up rope systems and an artificial high directional to reach the victim
A tree worker suspended 47 feet in the air suffered a broken arm and blood loss after a falling piece of the tree kicked back during chainsaw work
FDNY fire and EMS personnel had to breach walls to access and rescue the trapped worker
The Decatur City Council permanently approved a $500 lift assist fee for assisted-living facilities and nursing homes after a one-year trial
Video shows several people on and underneath the porch roof before the collapse
First responders in Orangeburg County lowered a rescuer using a tripod and rope system to lift the victim, decontaminated her and transferred her to EMS for evaluation
Residents of the Landmark Nursing Home in Bardstown, as well as staff and police officers, were treated for smoke inhalation
Rescuers in San Bernardino County used ropes and drones to rescue a teen suffering from hypoxia, dehydration and hypothermia in the Rimrock area
Allentown fire and EMS personnel extricated a woman after the receptacle she was reportedly in was emptied into a trash truck
Rescuers from several agencies set out during an atmospheric river weather condition in Monterey County after the hiker sent out an SOS
Citing the strain on resources, TLC Emergency Services will no longer respond to non-injury lift-assist calls, ensuring ambulances remain available for emergency situations
North Star Health Alliance was denied a CON to create an ambulance service for inter-facility patient transfers
The nurse at the Kaiser Permanente鈥檚 Redwood City Medical Center was pinned between a hospital bed and the machine
A Los Angeles tree trimmer was rescued after being shocked and stranded in a tree when his pole got tangled in power lines
The crash injured two Hillsborough County Fire Rescue crew members and left the ambulance overturned following the impact at an intersection
Firefighters used a bandsaw to cut parts of the wrought iron fence before handing the teen to EMS
Several residents who lost homes in the Eaton Fire received no notifications about their neighborhoods
The New Jersey EMS Task Force assisted Montgomery County EMS with moving over 100 patients to several facilities
One worker had been critically injured after coming in contact with a high-voltage power line while at the top of the tower in Burleson
Medication administration cross check is a simple and easy to implement process to reduce medication errors
Crozer Health鈥檚 reassigning ambulances to cover non-emergency transfers means fewer rigs available to respond to emergencies
Governors in Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida declared states of emergency
Approximately 850 patients and residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and group homes were evacuated during the wildfires, according to the California Department of Public Health
Heartland Ambulance Service will begin non-911 transports in Clark County
Rescuers used a rope system to lower an injured worker from a 92-foot water tower
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