Precautions for transporting the wounded on a folding stretcher

(Summary description)Before folding the stretcher to transport the wounded, check the wounded's vital signs and injured parts, and focus on checking whether the wounded's head, spine, and chest are traumatized, especially whether the cervical spine is damaged.

Precautions for transporting the wounded on a folding stretcher

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　　1. Before folding the stretcher to transport the wounded, check the wounded's vital signs and injured parts, and focus on checking whether the wounded's head, spine, and chest are traumatized, especially whether the cervical spine is damaged.

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　　2. The use of the folding stretcher must properly handle the wounded

　　First, keep the airway of the injured person unobstructed, and then stop the bleeding, bandage, and fix the injured part of the wounded according to the technical operation specifications. After proper handling, it can be moved to the folding stretcher.

　　3. When personnel, stretchers, etc. are not ready, do not carry the folding stretcher.

　　Be comprehensive when handling overweight and delirious casualties.

　　4. The change of the condition of the wounded should be observed at any time during the transportation of the folding stretcher.

　　Focus on observing breathing, consciousness, etc., pay attention to keep warm, but do not cover the head and face too tightly, so as not to affect breathing.

　　5. In a special site, it should be handled according to a special method.

　　At the scene of the fire, when transporting the wounded in the thick smoke, they should bend over or crawl forward; at the scene of the leakage of toxic gas, the transporter should first cover the mouth and nose with a wet towel or use a gas mask to avoid being fumigated by the gas.

　　6. To transport the injured of the spine and spinal cord injury:

　　After being placed on the hard board folding stretcher, the body and the folding stretcher must be firmly fixed with a triangular towel or other cloth strips, especially for those with cervical spine injuries, sandbags, pillows, clothing, etc. must be placed on both sides of the head and neck for fixation. The activities of the cervical spine in all directions, and then use a triangle towel to fix the forehead together with the stretcher, and then use a triangle towel to surround the whole body with the stretcher.

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