Chapter 8, Lifting and Moving Patients

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

0:00 Introduction
0:10 National EMS Education Standard Competencies
0:35 Introduction
1:06 The Wheeled Ambulance Stretcher (1 of 5)
1:28 The Wheeled Ambulance Stretcher (4 of 5)
2:51 Backboards (1 of 2)
3:31 Moving and Positioning the Patient (2 of 2)
7:24 Principles of Safe Reaching and Pulling (1 of 6)
9:32 Principles of Safe Lifting and Carrying (of 11)
13:48 Directions and Commands (1 of 3)
14:34 Emergency Moves (2 of 5)
16:27 Urgent Moves (2 of 2)
18:00 Nonurgent Moves (1 of 4)
18:32 Nonurgent Moves (4 of 4)
19:45 Geriatrics (1 of 2)
20:22 Bariatrics (2 of 2)
21:01 Additional Patient-Moving Equipment (1 of 10)
22:01 Additional Patient-Moving Equipment (10 of 10)
25:00 Decontamination
25:18 Patient Positioning (1 of 2)
26:13 Medical Restraints (1 of 2)
27:14 Personnel Considerations
27:38 Review