Lifting and Moving
When would you move and/or lift a patient?
What is immediate danger, to prevent further injury, or assist in transport?
Muscles you SHOULD use when lifting patients
What are leg muscles?
When an emergency move is performed
What is when there is an immediate threat to patient's life/an emergency?
BVM means
Bag-Valve-Mask
Incorporates knowledge of the way muscles work into principles for safely performing physical activities such as lifting moving, and pushing heavy objects
What is body mechanics?
The amount of people you should use when lifting patients
What is an even number?
Where you should move a patient if they're seated and having a cardiac arrest
What is the floor?
Color of oxygen tanks
What is green?
What is shoulder-width apart?
The correct way to hold onto a stretcher
What is a power grip?
Emergency move where you drag a patient down the stairs
How to use BVM
An example of improper lifting and moving
What is back bent, twisting, or feet close together?
The correct way to lift a stretcher
What is squatting, using a power grip, standing with back straight?
Emergency move used to move patients out of the car
What is a modified upper extremity drag?
The highest amount of pressure on oxygen tanks
What is 2000 PSI?
An example of a special device used for lifting and moving patients
What is a stair chair or spine board?
What to do if the lifting situation is unsafe?
What is don't move the patient?
How to do a firefighter drag
What is crawling on knees and having patient wrap arms around neck?
What is tape tube, get supplies ready, or stabilize head and neck?