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I just learned a clever trick for taping the head. Fold the tape in half on the facial and chin area of your [Read more]]]>
I just learned a clever trick for taping the head. Fold the tape in half on the facial and chin area of your patient so his/her forehead isn't taped. It works!]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:28:46 +0000 Read more]]]> When its time to tape the head down I place the O2 tank under the board or clam shell. This way my tape is on more of the board surface and I get less slippage of the tape. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:55:05 +0000 Read more]]]>

This is a trick my partner and I developed... I'm sure others have thought of it, but here goes.

We've all (private EMS company employees) been to the non-emergent fall at the nursing home. You have no Fire coming, and no PD coming. You arrive to find an elderly patient who fell and hit their head, clear c-spine criteria. If you are lucky you are able to rustle up one staff member that doesn't mind helping you with the packaging of the patient. How do you properly c-spine this person and limit patient movement with just two providers?

When you are rolling the patient to check the back and get the LSB close, take a bath blanket or sheet and place it on the patients back (like putting a draw sheet under someone). When the patient is rolled back on the heads count, you now have a sheet under the patient to aid in adjusting them. If you have a third helper holding c-spine you can do a 2-person sheet pull to the proper place on the board. If you are running solo, you can fold up over patient, grip two ends of blanket like a purse and slid them up or down the board as you please (obviously know your limits folks... and use good technique). Not only is this good for moving the patient, but you have made the board a bit more comfortable, and built-in insulation.

Let me now if this is helpful... or if it is a technique you have already employed.]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:26:08 +0000