chapter 8

Question 1

Backboard

Answer 1

A long flat board made of rigid rectangular material that is used to provide support a patient who is suspected of having a hip, pelvic, or lower extremity injury

Question 2

baritalics

Answer 2

A branch of medicine concerned with the management

Question 3

basket stretcher

Answer 3

A rigid stretcher commonly used in technical and water rescues that surrounds and supports the patient yet allows water to drain through holes in the bottom; also called a Stokes litter.

Question 4

Body mechanics

Answer 4

The relationship between the body’s anatomic structures and the physical forces associated with lifting, moving, and carry-ing; the ways in which the body moves to achieve a specific action.

Question 5

Dimond carry

Answer 5

A carrying technique in which one provider is located at the head end of the stretcher

Question 6

Direct ground lift

Answer 6

Lifting technique that is used for patients who are supine or in sitting position

Question 7

extremity lift

Answer 7

A lifting technique that is used for paitients1 who spin or spinal injury

Question 8

flexible stretcher

Answer 8

A stretcher that is a rigid carrying device when secured around a patient but can be folded or rolled when not in use.

Question 9

portable stretcher

Answer 9

A stretcher with a strong, rectangular, tubular metal frame and rigid fabric stretched across it.

Question 10

power grip

Answer 10

A technique in which the stretcher or backboard is gripped by inserting each hand under the handle with the palm facing up and the thumb extended, fully supporting the underside of the handle on the curved palm with the fingers and thumb.

Question 11

power lift

Answer 11

A lifting technique in which the EMT’S back is held upright, with legs bent, and the patient is lifted when the EMT straightens the legs to raise the upper body and arms.

Question 12

Rapid extraction technique

Answer 12

A technique to move a patient from a sitting position inside a vehicle to supine on a backboard in less than 1 minute when conditions do not allow for standard immobilization

Question 13

Scoop Stretcher

Answer 13

a stretcher that is designed to be in 2 or four sections

Question 14

stair chair

Answer 14

a light wait foldable device used to carry concious seated people up and down stairs

Question 15

wheeled ambulance stretcher

Answer 15

A specially rolled stretcher that can be rolled on the ground