Emergency equipment: the emergency carry sheet / VIDEO TUTORIAL
The carry sheet is one of the most familiar aids to the rescuer: it is in fact a tool used in emergencies to load patients, unable to move independently, onto the stretcher or to transfer the injured from the stretcher to the bed
What is a carry sheet?
It is a strong, rectangular-shaped plastic drape about 2 metres long which is used to transport the patient for short distances and in the absence of those pathologies which require the use of rigid aids (limb, thoracic or vertebrombital traumas) or for which transport in a seated position is necessarily required.
Six or eight handles are sewn into the lower part of the sheet, which are used for the rescuers to grip the sheet.
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Use of the carry sheet
The use of the carry sheet begins with the preparation of the patient, who must be placed on his or her side.
The drape should then be half rolled up and placed against the patient’s back, taking care that the handles remain under the drape and not between it and the patient.
Two rescuers now rotate the patient onto the opposite side by passing the patient over the rolled up part.
The sheet is then unrolled and the patient is placed in a supine position.
At this point, transport can begin using the handles.
The safest grip is by placing the hands inside the handles so that they embrace the rescuers wrists.
It is best if the wrists are free of watches and bracelets.
During transport, the usual rules are followed (patient’s head upstream and feet downstream).
Watch a video tutorial on the carry sheet (italian language – subtitle)
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