BODY MECHANICS

 1. BODY MECHANICS:

Objectives: 

the participants will be able to: 

• List three emergency moves and two non-
  
  
  emergency moves for lifting and moving a patient.
• Demonstrate the techniques for immobilizing and transporting a patient, using a backboard.
• Name five examples of situations that might require to make an emergency move with a patient. 

After you arrive at the scene a patient may need to be handled or transported. it is very important to act quickly and cautiously at a dangerous scene. If handle the patient improperly, it may cause further injury. 

So, it is most important to have to know that when and how a patient may be moved, generally only if the patient is in immediate danger. Incorrectly lifting and carrying equipment or patients could cause injury, and cause lifelong pain. 

When it comes to lifting, FOLLOW the basic rules to prevent injuries: 

1. 
   PLANE move before lifting an Patient.
2. USE LEGS to lift, not back.
   
3. KEEP THE WEIGHT of the patient as close to your body as possible. 
4. "STACK" move your body as a unit. 
5. REDUCE THE HEIGHT OR DISTANCE to move an patient.
6. REPOSITION and Lift in stages.