Lifting Devices
A device that can be separated and is helpful to move patients in small spaces.
What is a scoop stretcher.
what is moving the backboard instead of the patient.
Helps an unconscious patient maintain an open airway.
What is the recovery postion.
Which lift should be used for patients without spinal trauma who are lying supine on the ground and there isn't enough room to perform a log roll?
What is straddle lift or straddle slide.
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.
What is able to bear weight on his or her feet.
The rescuer encloses the patient in a blanket and drags the patient to safety.
What is blanket drag.
A portable moving device used to carry a patient in a sitting position is a:
What is a stair chair
What is the best way to move a patient in an unsafe location if the rescuer is unable to lift them due to size?
What is clothes or blanket drag.
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.
What is when the patient is located in a narrow space.
The rescuer grasps the patient's clothes and moves the patient head first from the unsafe area.
What is clothes drag.
Medical term for the arms and legs
What is extremities
True or False
If the loaded stretcher must be carried, it is best to use two people.
What is false.
Name 3 items that could be used in place of a backboard.
What are door, ironing board and sliding folding table.
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".
A method of moving a patient without lifting or carrying him or her.
What is firefighter drag.
Relating to obesity
What is bariatric
What is pack-strap carry
What is carefully placed on a long backboard.
How should the rescuer stand when performing the two-person seat carry technique?
Facing their partner with back straight while lifting with the legs
Used to move a patient onto a long backboard.
What is log roll.
A neck brace that partially immobilizes the neck
What is a cervical collar
True or False
Lift while twisting your body for better body mechanics.
What is false.