EMT Curriculum

3.07.F – Common Moves

Objectives: Demonstrate how to properly move a patient by performing the moves in the manual

Setup: - A stretcher and table or two sturdy tables - Sheet - A stairchair and a chair or two sturdy chairs

Instructions to be read to students: “We are going to perform several moves that are common for transporting patients.”

Precautions: You might wish to limit this activity to lighter students playing patient to insure safety. Do not allow students to hurt themselves during these activities.

Perform the following: - Extremity lift (as in student manual)

- Moving patient from chair to stairchair with minor assistance (stand and pivot) - Draw sheet slide from cot to bed (using a stretcher and a table or two sturdy tables)

Instructions: Take 5 minutes to explain the urgent moves you will be doing. You may be competing with other stations for equipment such as stretchers, so you can use two tables to simulate a bed and a stretcher.

Please do not have students exceed their ability to list. Use the full body manikin for lifts that are highly physical.

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

Please note the following:

- Students should log roll that patient, slide the sheet ½ way under them, log roll them in the other direction, pull the sheet out, and use the sheet to slide the patient to the other surface - Students should all take turns being the patient as that experience is very valuable so they can empathize with the patient when they show anxiety about being carried down stairs on the device. - If you do not think the table will support a student’s weight, use a full body manikin. DO NOT allow a table to collapse under a student’s weight.

LIFTING AND MOVING IS THE MOST POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ACTIVITY OF THE COURSE. DO NOT ALLOW STUDENTS TO BECOME INJURED WHEN THEY LIFT OR ALLOW THEM TO BE DROPPED WHEN THEY ARE THE PATIENT