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A draw sheet is a small bed sheet placed crosswise over the middle of the bottom sheet of a mattress to cover the area between the person's upper back and thighs, often used by medical professionals to move patients. It can be made of plastic, rubber, or cotton, and is about half the size of a regular sheet.
The method with a flexible stretcher was inspired by the method used to change the sheets of an impotent patient at the hospital. The flexible stretcher is placed beside the casualty, and a sheet is put on it. The third of the stretcher that is the closest to the casualty is folded on the middle third.
It is usually covered with a disposable sheet and cleaned after each patient in order to prevent the spread of infection. Its key value is to facilitate moving the patient and sheet onto a fixed bed or table on arrival at the emergency department. Both types may have straps to secure the patient.
A patient lift (patient hoist, jack hoist, or Hoyer lift) may be either a sling lift or a sit-to-stand lift.This is an assistive device that allows patients in hospitals and nursing homes and people receiving home health care to be transferred between a bed and a chair or other similar resting places, by the use of electrical or hydraulic power.
A scoop stretcher has a structure that can be split vertically into two parts, with shaped 'blades' towards the centre which can be brought together underneath a patient. The two halves are placed separately either side of the patient, and then brought together until securing clips at the top and bottom both engage. [1]
An ambulance bus in York Region, Canada. An ambulance bus is a type of ambulance with the capacity to transport and treat multiple patients.An ambulance bus is used primarily for medical evacuation of mass casualty incidents [1] [2] and non-emergency medical transport of care-dependent patients, [3] and can also be used for specific problems such as drunk patients in town centres.
A spinal board, [4] is a patient handling device used primarily in pre-hospital trauma care. It is designed to provide rigid support during movement of a person with suspected spinal or limb injuries. [5] They are most commonly used by ambulance staff, as well as lifeguards and ski patrollers.
Some sources recommend patient's arms crossed over the chest, [1] while others suggest that to minimize the amount of lateral spinal displacement the arms must be stretched along the sides, with palms resting on the thighs. [2] [3] After that the patient is carefully rolled in the desired direction without twisting or bending the body. Log-rolling