Lifting Devices
Types of Carries
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Types of Carries and Lifting Devices Continued
100

A device that can be separated and is helpful to move patients in small spaces.

What is a scoop stretcher.

100
What is the difference between the straddle lift technique and the straddle slide technique?

what is moving the backboard instead of the patient.

100
The rescuer grasps the patient's arms from behind; used to remove a patient from a hazardous place.
What is arm-to-arm drag.
100

Helps an unconscious patient maintain an open airway.

What is the recovery postion.

100
If you need to move a victim that is lying on the ground lengthwise, what is the best way to move the patient while protecting his spine?

What is straddle lift or straddle slide.

200

When is it most appropriate to use a long backboard on a patient?

What is a patient that requires stabilization of the head and neck.

200
The one-person walking assist method can be used if the patient?

What is able to bear weight on his or her feet.

200

The rescuer encloses the patient in a blanket and drags the patient to safety. 

What is blanket drag.

200

A method used to place a patient on a backboard if there is not enough space to perform a log roll.

What is a straddle lift.
200

What is the best way to move a patient if the rescuer is unable to lift them due to size?

What is clothes or blanket drag.

300

When are short backboards or vest-style devices are most appropriate to use for patients who?

What is have neck or back pain and are in a sitting position.

300
The two-person extremity carry is best used when moving a patient who is?

What is when the patient is located in a narrow space.  

300

The rescuer grasps the patient's clothes and moves the patient head first from the unsafe area.  


What is clothes drag.

300

Used when the patient cannot bear his or her own weight.

What is the two-person walking assist.
300

True or False

If the loaded stretcher must be carried, it is best to use two people.  

What is false.

400

Name 3 items that could be used in place of a backboard.

What are door, ironing board and sliding folding table.  

400

When performing the straddle slide technique, team coordination problems would most likely occur if the patient is moved more than ______ at a time?

What is 10" to 12". 

400

A method of moving a patient without lifting or carrying him or her.

What is firefighter drag.

400

Can be split into halves and applied to the patient from both sides.

What is the scoop stretcher.

400
Which drag provides some protection to the patient's head and neck?

What is clothes drag.

500
After the short board device is applied the patient is..

What is carefully placed on a long backboard.

500

How should the rescuer stand when performing the two-person seat carry technique?

What is keep their back as straight as possible and lift with their legs.
500

Used to move a patient onto a long backboard.

What is log roll.

500
A method of carrying a patient out of tight quarters without equipment.

What is the two-person extremity carry.

500

True or False

Lift while twisting your body for better body mechanics.

What is false.

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