Types of stretcher

First aid stretcher is divided into many types, generally divided into ambulance stretcher, folding stretcher, split blue type stretcher, etc...

Ambulance stretchers are generally used in ambulances, hospitals, war zones, stadiums for transporting the sick and wounded and can also be used for general surgery.

Folding stretcher has the characteristics of lightweight, small size, easy to carry, safe to use, mainly for hospitals, sports venues, ambulances, and troops in the field to transport the sick and wounded.

Folding stretcher

In terms of ambulance escort experience over the years, if the casualty's injuries are heavy, in addition to spinal fractures and hemorrhage or shock and other aspects of the situation, you can not carry unarmed, must go to the use of stretchers for transport.

The stretcher to carry the injured are required to use a specially prepared medical stretcher, can also take local materials, such as wooden boards, clothes, blankets, sticks, and so on to tie into a simple stretcher.

To go to the prepared stretcher flat to the bottom of the board, two ambulance escort rescue personnel stand to the side of the casualty, one to hold the casualty's neck and back, the other needs to hold the casualty's buttocks and thighs, smoothly to lift the casualty on the stretcher.

If there is a spinal fracture of the casualty, then the handling needs to be particularly careful, not to move or turn the casualty, and not to carry the casualty with bare hands, must go to use the wooden stretcher to carry the casualty.

Put the casualty on the stretcher smoothly, let the casualty lie flat, and use clothes or use cotton to pad the casualty at the waist. Then go to use three to four bandages or cloth straps to fix the casualty to the wooden stretcher, to avoid rolling or falling in the process of carrying, causing displacement of the spine to live to twist, to avoid stabbing the blood vessels and nerves if that would lead to paralysis of the lower limbs.

This is how to use the stretcher to carry the wounded, more information about medical equipment is welcome to focus on this site.