Chapter 8, Lifting and Moving Patients (EMT)

After students complete this lesson and the related course work, they will understand the body mechanics of patient movement, principles of safe reaching and pulling, urgent and non-urgent moves, how to move patients as a team, types of patient packaging and moving equipment, how to protect both the EMT and the patient from injury when moving patients, and the use of medical restraints.

0:00 Introduction
0:06 National EMS Education Standard Competencies
0:33 Introduction
1:42 The Wheeled Ambulance Stretcher (4 of 5)
4:19 Backboards (2 of 2)
5:14 Moving and Positioning the Patient (2 of 2)
5:55 Body Mechanics (1 of 9)
9:14 Principles of Safe Reaching and Pulling (1 of 6)
10:43 Principles of Safe Lifting and Carrying (7 of 11)
14:43 Directions and Commands (2 of 3)
15:47 Emergency Moves (2 of 5)
17:53 Urgent Moves (2 of 2)
19:32 Nonurgent Moves (4 of 4)
21:49 Bariatrics (1 of 2)
23:36 Additional Patient-Moving Equipment (2 of 13)
29:04 Decontamination
29:27 Patient Positioning (1 of 2)
30:39 Medical Restraints (1 of 2)
32:03 Personnel Considerations
33:09 Review (1 of 2)