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This document provides guidance on transporting injured casualties. It outlines several methods for transporting a casualty with minor injuries using just one first aider, including the cradle method, human crutch method, fireman's lift and carry method, and drag method. For transporting a casualty with major injuries, it recommends using two helpers and describes techniques like the two-handed seat, four-handed seat, chair method, and fore and aft method. It also covers transporting a casualty with a suspected spinal injury using the logroll technique and different types of stretchers.
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Mechanical lift
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- 1. Transportation of the injured
- 2. General Principles • Reassure the casualty and explaintohim what you are planning todo • Seek for assistance • No more than one leader shouldbethere to guidetheteam. • Do not try to move a seriouslyinjured victim alone when assistance is available.
- 3. • Maintainproper body mechanics while moving the victim. • Takeimmediate action to transport the casualty to the nearest healthcare agency. • Before transporting consider the nature and severityof injury,first aid already provided, number of assistantsavailable and thedistance and route to becovered
- 5. WHEN ONLYONE FIRST AIDER IS AVAILABLE AND THE CASUALTY IS WITH MINOR INJURIES. METHODS 1 CRADLE METHOD 2 HUMAN CRUTCH METHOD 3 FIREMANS’S LIFT & CARRY METHOD 4 DRAG METHOD
- 6. CRADLEMETHOD • Carrying or lifting the victim inhands
- 7. HUMAN CRUTCH METHOD • First aider himself acts as a support tothe casualty • He stands close to the victimandholds his waist. • He then keeps the casualty’s hand on his neck and lift him with the other hand and gives him support • Used only when the victim is conscious and co-operativewithonly minorwounds.
- 9. FIREMAN’S LIFT AND CARRY METHOD A- With the injured person standing,the first aider holdsone of his hands and with the other hand holds his legsover the knee and carry him on theback.
- 10. B- Pick a backmethod Help the casualty to sit on a chair or on a high place. Bend before him and tell him to fold his legs around your waist and hands Around the shoulders. Slowly lift him and rise from the sitting position, maintainingbody mechanics.
- 11. DRAGMETHOD • It is useful in situationswhen the casualty is unable to stand and when he is under danger and has to be moved quickly from the site of danger. Eg: fire, electrical shock • Squat at the head end of thecasualty. • Keep the victim’s hands across his chest. Grasp the armpit and cradlethe casualty’s head on your forearm. Pull the casualty from the site of danger without lifting.
- 13. WHEN TWO HELPERSARE AVAILABLE ANDTHE CASUALTYIS WITH MAJORDANGER. METHODS- TWO HANDED SEAT FOUR HANDED SEAT CHAIR METHOD WHEELCHAIR METHOD FORE & AFT METHOD SHEET/BLANKET LIFT LOGROLLTECHNIQUE
- 14. TWOHANDED SEAT • This method is used when the casualty is unable to hold the first aider,may be due toa fracture of hand. • The two first aiders stand face to face and hold him with one hand of each one at the chest level. with • Hold the other hands together like a hook fingers. • Can keep a towel in the hand. • Slowly lift him from the middle portion of hishands. • Both shouldwalk now in the same manner slowly.
- 16. FOUR HANDEDSEAT • Both persons should stand behind thecasualty facing each other. • Now catch each other’s wrist ie. right wrist with left wrist of other personand vice versa. • After forming the seat, ask the casualty to sit on it with both handson the shoulders and neck of each first aider. • Both shouldnow take slowsteps.
- 18. CHAIRMETHOD • The casualty is made to sit on a chair and fasten him on the chair with along piece of cloth. • One person should stand in front and the other person behind the casualty, facing each other. • Now both the first aiders together carry him slowly, ensuring thecasualty does not lean forward or falldown.
- 19. WHEEL CHAIR METHOD • The casualty is made to sit on wheel chair as in the ordinarychair. • Grasp the handlesand slowlymove the victim
- 20. CARRYING OR LIFTING THE VICTIM WITH TWO PERSONS ( FORE AND AFT METHOD) • One first aider squat at the head end ofthe casualty. • Place the casualty’s arms across his abdomen. • He then catches the victim by encirclinghis chest while the other person squat between the legs of casualty facing the feet and catches him by putting the hands under theknees. • Both persons rise together and move slowly.
- 22. SHEET/ BLANKET LIFT The sheet on which the victim is lying can be used, if it is strong enough, for liftinghim.
- 23. SUSPECTED SPINAL INJURY Log rolltechnique- the log roll or logrolling is a maneuver used to move a patient without flexing the spinal column. Patient's legs are stretched, the head is held, to immobilize the neck.
- 24. STRETCHERS Devices used to carry/ transport injured patients to a vehicle or toa shelter. TYPES • Standard Furleystretcher • Pole and canvasstretcher • Trolleycot
- 25. STANDARD FURLEYSTRETCHER • Consistsof a canvas/ plastic sheet attached to 2 carryingpoles • There is a standunderneath
- 26. POLE AND CANVASSTRETCHER • Consists of a canvas/ plastic sheet about 200cm long and 50cm widewith handlesand slide sleeves and a pair of carrying poles. • The polesare passed through the sleeves down the side of thecanvas to form the stretcher.
- 27. TROLLEYCOT • It is an adjustable stretcher bed which can be moved on wheels • Consists of safety means such as side rails, safety strapsand wheelbrakes