Two-person carry technique for getting an unresponsive patient into a vehicle. One person holds the head and arms, the other grips the feet and legs. Cross the patient's legs and secure them to prevent injury during the lift.
Basically get the patient into the car and still be able to assess your patient and be at the head where they are with. So our goal is to always internally the passenger side of the vehicle. So as you can see, the first thing that we do is the person in the back will put his arms under the armpits and grab onto the hands. Because if they're unresponsive, it's a lot harder to keep those arms down. What Sarah's doing is she crosses the legs over, and that kind of. When you cross them over, you can grab onto the pant leg or underneath onto the ankle, and that kind of holds those legs up. And if you. We use this technique whenever we carry people between hallways or buildings. When you have two people is the easiest way. Some people try and go between the legs and realize that some of those hallways and doors are pretty narrow. And especially going for the Lego. So they'll wind up here. They always make sure that her, one of us will be at the feet. They lift up, the cargo will open, and she basically walks the patient into the vehicle. And at this point, they adjust. They can slide him down, bend the knees if they need. And your goal would basically be to land up right here, passenger side. You can do it with one driver and then take that passenger seat, push the wrong way forward. Chairs. Like I said, it's not the most ideal situation, but for us.
He'S another chair.
The way that they're doing, pretty effective.
It's making it a little easier.
Melissa Olen MSN, FPN-C, CCRN: Sudden Cardiac Arrest Training in Schools (Project ADAM) 4/25/25
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