Chapter 3: Lifting and Moving Patients

Question 1

the proper use of the body to facilitate lifting and moving and to prevent injury.

Answer 1

Body Mechanics

Question 2

What are some considerations when lifting and moving patients?

Answer 2

The weight of an object, your limitations, communications (making a plan and talking thru the process)

Question 3

What rules must be followed when lifting a patient?

Answer 3

• Position your feet properly
• Use your legs
• Never twist or turn
• Do not compensate when lifting with one hand. (Avoid leaning to either side. Keep your back straight and locked.)
• Keep the weight as close to your body as possible
• Use a stair chair when carrying patient on stairs whenever possible

Question 4

What is rales?

Answer 4

Small clicking, bubbling or rattling in the lungs. Usually in patients with congestive heart failure.

Question 5

What is the wheezing nuemonic?

Answer 5

AAC

• Asthma
• Anaphalaxis
• COPD

Question 6

What is associated with stridor?

Answer 6

• Croup
• epiglottitis
• inhalation burns
• upper airway obstruction
• anaphylaxis

Question 7

When you have a spleen injury there may be pain in the left shoulder

Answer 7

True

Question 8

When lifting a patient, a basic principle is to know your limits.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

The distance to cover when moving a patient should be considered

Answer 9

False

Question 10

How far apart should your hands be when using a power grip?

Answer 10

10 inches

Question 11

What is another name for the squat-lift position?

Answer 11

Power Lift

Question 12

If the weight being pulled is below the level of the EMT’s waist, he should be in a(n) ________ position.

Answer 12

Kneeling

Question 13

What is something you should you not do when reaching for something?

Answer 13

Prolong the reach for as long as necessary

Question 14

When a stretcher with a patient secured to it is elevated, what occurs?

Answer 14

The center of gravity is raised and this causes a tip hazard.

Question 15

What device is best suited for maneuvering a patient through a narrow hallway?

Answer 15

Flexible stretcher

Question 16

When placing all fingers and the palm in contact with the object being lifted, you are using what method?

Answer 16

Power Grip

Question 17

What is the preferred number of rescuers when using a stair chair?

Answer 17

Three: two lifting and one spotting

Question 18

You have responded to a nursing home and find an elderly patient in his bed in cardiac arrest. Which type of move would you perform to get the patient to a hard surface so you can perform chest compressions?

Answer 18

Emergency Move

Question 19

Which of the following best describes body mechanics?

Answer 19

Proper use of the body to facilitate lifting and moving objects

Question 20

Which of the following is another name for an ambulance cot?

Answer 20

Wheeled ambulance stretcher

Question 21

What type of move should the EMT use to move a patient who is in a car that has started to burn?

Answer 21

Emergency Move

Question 22

You and your partner arrive on the scene of a 400-pound patient lying in bed. He complains of nausea and vomiting for the past 3 days. When he tries to sit up, he gets very dizzy and has a syncopal episode. Realizing that he cannot assist you in getting on the stretcher, you decide to do what?

Answer 22

Call for additional manpower to move the patient.

Question 23

What is the contraindication for the use of a scoop or orthopedic stretcher?

Answer 23

Spinal Injury

Question 24

For a patient without a possibility of spinal injury, which of the following carries should be used to move him from a bed to a stretcher?

Answer 24

Draw-sheet method

Question 25

You are treating an unconscious patient who does not have a possibility of spinal injury and who is breathing adequately. What is the best position for transporting the patient?

Answer 25

Recovery position

Question 26

What is used to immobilize a patient with a suspected spinal injury?

Answer 26

Long backboard

Question 27

You are moving an elderly patient down the stairs using a stair chair. The patient is alert and very anxious. What should you do prior to moving the patient to prevent her from grabbing the railing and causing you to fall?

Answer 27

Explain to the patient what you are doing and advise her to hold her hands together and not let go until you are finished moving her.