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What are 6 steps to remember when lifting. (Skills Drill 6-1)
- 1. Tighten your Back in its normal upright position.
- 2. Spread your legs apart 15"
- 3. With arms extended down each side of the body (palms up)
- 4. Adjust your orientation and position
- 5. Reposition your feet
- 6. With the arms extended downward
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Where do you position the most amount of weight, when lifting?
Always keep the weight that your lifting as close to your body as possible.
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What are principles of safe reaching and pulling?
- - Your back should always be locked and straight, not curved or bent laterally, and you should avoid twisting.
- - During pulling, you should extend your arms no more then 15" to 20" in front of your torso.
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When should you use an emergency move?
- 1. When there is some potential danger, and you and the pt must move to a safe place to avoid possible harm or death.
- 2. The presence of fire, explosives, or hazardous materials
- 3. Gain access to others in a vehicle that need lifesaving care.
- 4 If you cannot properly assess the pt or privide immediate critical emergency care because of the pt's location or position.
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What are the four dragging methods?
- 1. Emergency clothes drag
- 2. Blanket drag
- 3. Arm drag
- 4. Arm to arm drag
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When would it be necessary to use an urgent move, when moving a pt.
- 1. An altered level of consciousness
- 2. inadequate ventilation or shock (hypoperfusion)
- 3. Extreme weather condition.
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Table 6-2 Situations in which to use the Rapid extrication technique.
- - The vehicle or scene is unsafe
- - The pt cannot be properly assessed before being removed from teh car
- - The pt needs immediate transport to the hospital
- - The pt needs immediate intervention that requires supine position
- - The pt is blocking the EMT-B's access to another serously injured pt.
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How many EMT's needed to perform a rapid extracation technique
3 knowledgeable and practiced in the precedure
(you should not use a rapid extracation if no urgency exists)
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Figure 6-16 One- rescuer drags, carries and lifts
- 1. Front cradle
- 2. Fire fighters drag
- 3. One-person walking assist.
- 4. Fire fighter carry
- 5. Pack strap
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When should you use a Direct ground lift?
The direct ground lift is used for pts with no suspected spinal injury who are found lying supine on the ground.
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When transfering a pt. What method would you use for a bed to stretcher transfer?
Draw sheet method
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What device is used for moving a pt threw a narrow hall?
Flexible stretcher
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