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Now in this segment on moving and handling persons we're looking at emergency type moves which categorized as urgent. So this is a life over death situation. We're not going to be as concerned about immobilizing the person so that we have him all packaged beautifully. We're really more concerned about moving this person to a place of safety where we can continue treatment or get them completely off the scene completely. Now this first we're gonna be covering several types of emergency moves. This first one is called the clothes drag. The single person clothes drag. We need to make sure that they're wearing a durable shirt. A T-shirt is not going to work. In many cases if they only have a T-shirt on it's going to pull right up and over the top of their head and therefore it'll be ineffective. We need to also make sure that if the person can not hold their hands together that we use some type of tying device just to keep their wrists somewhat together so that they don't flop out to the sides, get in the way of going through doorways or catch on certain things as we're moving the person. Again this is an urgent emergency move. This does not have to be pretty. It just has to be effective. So I have this person's arms secured. I keep 'em on their stomach. I then bring myself to the head of the person. Remembering now this is a high risk moving activity. Ergonomics is going to be key to saving our backs. We're going to use the palms of our hands face up so that we're using biceps and power moves to be able to help lift this person slightly as we stand up in a crouched position. Back should be straight and locked. Head in an upward position to remind us to keep that arch and now using our legs we begin to walk backwards.
Emergency moves are used when it is necessary to get a person to safety, quickly. Urgent and emergency moves can be high risk for the caregiver and the patient. Remember to use proper ergonomics with a straight back, head up and using the legs to lift. Roll up and grasp the clothing firmly, using the palm of the hands facing up, behind the neck of the patient. Holding firmly walk backwards, dragging the patient.