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Casualty lifting: roll-and-lift method with a long spine board alternative for the position of the rescuers; note the arms that cross on the hips roll-and-lift with a flexible stretcher manual roll-and-lift method, or "spoon lifting", with three team members. The rolling methods can only be used on a casualty who does not have an unstable trauma.
Casualty movement is the collective term for the techniques used to move a casualty from the initial location (street, home, workplace, wilderness, battlefield) to the ambulance. [ 1 ] In wilderness or combat conditions, it may first be necessary to stabilize the patient prior to moving them to avoid causing further injury.
There are three ways to put the casualty on the vacuum mattress: lifting the casualty and pushing the stretcher under it. This method requires a minimum of five team members (four lifting and one pushing the stretcher) and should be used when a spine or a pelvis trauma are suspected; the casualty is lifted with a scoop stretcher. The scoop ...
Top: positioning the scoop stretcher; middle: casualty lifting with five team members (one is pushing the normal stretcher); bottom: view from below) The scoop stretcher (or clamshell, Roberson orthopedic stretcher, or just scoop) is a device used specifically for moving injured people. It is ideal for carrying casualties with possible spinal ...
Late that afternoon Darren Doss, a slim, black-haired 22-year-old, watched as his fellow Marines zipped up the two body bags, placed them tenderly on stretchers and ran out to the waiting helicopter. Away it went with the remains of Smitty and Angus, and Doss with a heavy heart turned back into the tent.
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A Stokes basket, also called a Stokes stretcher or Stokes litter, is a metal wire or plastic litter widely used in search and rescue. [ 1 ] Originally designed by Charles F. Stokes , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] these baskets have been notorious for spinning under the downdraft from the rotating helicopter blades. [ 5 ]