Chapter 8 Lifting And Moving Patients

To minimize the risk of injuring yourself when lifting or moving a patient, you should:

When moving a conscious, weak patient down a flight of stairs, you should:

To facilitate a safe and coordinated move, the team leader should:

Which of the following is the MOST appropriate device to use when immobilizing a patient with a suspected spinal injury?

The MOST serious consequence of a poorly planned or rushed patient move is:

An EMT may injure his or her back, even if it is straight, if the:

You are attending to a 26-year-old female who is 34 weeks pregnant with her first child. Your patient has been having lower abdominal pains and cramping for the past two hours. In placing your patient on the stretcher and preparing for transport, you should place her:

Which of the following statements regarding patient weight distribution is correct?

You are attending to a 22-year-old female patient who has overdosed. The patient is unresponsive in an upstairs bedroom. The most appropriate way to bring the patient downstairs is:

It is essential that you ____________ your equipment to prevent the spread of disease.

Which of the following conditions or situations presents the MOST unique challenge to the EMT when immobilizing an elderly patient on a long backboard?

The _________ is both the mechanical weight-bearing base of the spinal column and the fused central posterior section of the pelvic girdle.

You are attending to a 34-year-old male patient who requires transport to the hospital for assessment of his chronic back pain. The patient weighs over 750 pounds. Your bariatric stretcher has a wider surface area to allow for:

To protect a restrained patient and prevent him from using leverage to break free, the EMT should secure __________.

The proper technique for using the power grip is to:

In contrast to typical wheeled ambulance stretchers, features of a bariatric stretcher include:

When pulling a patient, you should extend your arms no more than ________ in front of your torso.

Upon arriving at the scene of a motor vehicle crash, you find a single patient still seated in his car. There are no scene hazards. As you approach the vehicle, you note that the patient is semiconscious and has a large laceration to his forehead. You should:

Which of the following statements regarding an emergency patient move is correct?

As you and your partner are carrying a stable patient down a flight of stairs in a stair chair, you feel a sudden, sharp pain in your lower back. You should: