Equipment
A long, flat board made of rigid, rectangular material that is used to provide support to a patient who is suspected of having a hip, pelvic, spinal, or lower extremity injury.
Backboard
It is essential that you _______ your equipment after use.
Decontaminate
A move in which the patient is dragged or pulled from a dangerous scene before assessment and care are provided.
Emergency Move
A lightweight folding device that is used to carry a conscious, seated patient up or down stairs.
Stair Chair
A branch of medicine concerned with the management (prevention or control) of obesity and allied diseases.
Bariatrics
Used for patients who are found lying supine with no suspected spinal injury
Direct ground lift
A stretcher that is designed to be split into two or four sections that can be fitted around a patient who is lying on the ground or other relatively flat surface; also called an orthopaedic stretcher.
Scoop Stretcher
The safest and most powerful way to lift, lifting by extending the properly placed flexed legs
Power Lift
Used for patients who are supine or sitting without an extremity or spinal injury
Extremity Lift
A specially designed stretcher that can be rolled along the ground. A collapsible undercarriage allows it to be loaded into the ambulance
Wheeled Ambulance Stretcher
A type of communication among team members to assist in executing a safe move for the patient.
Preparatory Commands
A technique to move a patient from a sitting position inside a vehicle to supine on a backboard in less than 1 minute when conditions do not allow for standard immobilization.
Rapid Extrication Technique
A rigid stretcher commonly used in technical and water rescues that surrounds and supports the patient yet allows water to drain through holes in the bottom; also called a Stokes litter.
Basket Stretcher
What term is used when placing a patient on their side to place a backboard underneath them?
Log Roll
Which lifting technique gives responders maximum grip from the palm of their hands?
Power Grip