Ch 6 Lifting and Moving

When you are lifting a heavy object, avoid using the muscles of your

• Back

• Arms

• Shoulders

• Legs

One technique that can greatly reduce the risk of back injuries when lifting and moving patients is

• not allowing the weight to get close to your body

• keeping the lifted weight in close to your body

• keeping your feet together.

• locking out your knees.

When reaching for a patient or a piece of equipment, an EMT should reach in front of his or her body no more than

• 8 to 12 inches

• 20 to 24 inches.

• 15 to 20 inches.

• 30 to 36 inches.

. The preferred device for carrying a conscious medical patient down a flight of stairs is the

• stair chair

• reeves device

• ambulance stretcher

• backboard

Which of the following conditions is not one that permits the use of an emergency move?

• The scene is hazardous

• Care of life-threatening injuries requires repositioning

• The patient's position is hampering a police investigation

• You must reach other patients

When your assessment of a patient trapped in wreckage reveals that the patient is suffering from an immediate threat to life, you would initiate which type of patient movement?

• Emergency move

• Urgent Move

• Immediate move

• Rapid move

The technique used when quickly removing a patient from a vehicle is called

• log rolling

• the long axis drag

• rapid extrication

• the Stokes move

Unresponsive patients with no suspected spinal injuries should be placed in

• the position of comfort

• Fowler's position

• left lateral recumbent position

• Trendelenburg position

When lifting a patient carrying device, it is best to use a(n) _______________ number of people.

• odd

• even

• 2

• 4

To get the best hold possible on a piece of equipment, use the _____________ ____________.

• power grip

• underhand grip

• overhand grip

• fingertip grip