Body Mechanics in Emergency Care

Blanket Drag

• use to support the patient head and pull

• way for a single rescuer to move a patient

• inability to provide lifesaving care

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

• arms

• back

• shoulders

• legs

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

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

• keeping your feet together

• . keeping the lifted weight in close to your body

• 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

• 30-36 inches

• 8-12 inches

• 20-24 inches

• 15-20 inches

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The lifting technique that should be used by an EMT with one weak leg or one weak ankle is the

• back lift

• power lift

• power grip

• squat lift

When performing a log roll, an EMT should

• lean from the hips

• lean from the waist.

   

• twist and pull simultaneously

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

• backboard

• stair chair

• Reeves device

• ambulance stretcher

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

• 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?

• urgent move

• emergency care

• rapid move

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

• rapid extrication

• stokes move

• log rolling

• long axis drag