EMT Lesson Plans

Station: Ambulance Cot

Objectives: Perform a power lift to lift a patient. (pp 1287 – 1289, Skill Drill 35-1)

Demonstrate using a power grip. (p 1289) Demonstrate how to use the draw sheet method to transfer a patient onto a stretcher. (pp 1309 – 1310) Demonstrate how to load a stretcher into an ambulance. (pp 1315 – 1317, Skill Drill 35-11)

Instructions: Take 5 minutes to explain the stretcher your location is using. Do not take more than 5 minutes before students are working. Rotate students, in groups, through the following maneuvers. Make sure each student is doing every position:

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Raise and lower stretcher

- Trendelenberg (ask stu dent’s when they would use this position – shock) - Fowlers (ask student’s when they would use this position – most patients) - High- Fowlers (ask student’s when they would use this position – Shortness of breath) - Special features (IV pole, O2 holder, etc)

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE NOBODY GETS HURT – BE IN A POSITION TO INTERVENE IF A BAD LIFT OCCURS