Ambulance Equipment
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Ambulance Equipment Knowing Your Vehicle
When using any ambulance equipment there is always a risk of harm to yourselves and the patient, below are videos of the equipment and there safe operation, please watch all videos, this will also be covered by out trainer in the 2 days face to face training.
This is to show you how to use the equipment in the rear of the vehicles, this part of the training will be broken down when our trainer comes to see you:
- Online Learning
- Practical Training
- On The Job Training (During Shadow Shifts)
The main equipment we will be concentrating on is
- Stretcher
- Wheelchair
- Carry Chair
- Scoop
- Pats Slide
- Banana Board
Wheelchair Operation
- Correct use of brakes
- Footrests correctly installed and patients heels firmly in the straps
- Seatbelt secured around patient
Stretcher Operation
- Correct use of brakes
- Pulling & pushing stretcher
- Using correct hight
- Use of a PAT's slide
- Correct transportation of patients
You should never transport a patient with the stretcher raised
Carry Chair Operation
- Correct use
- Safety Precautions
- Banana Board
- Lifting
Scoop Stretcher Operation
- Correct use
- Lifting
- Straps & Patient Security
Tracked stair chair
- Correct use
- Lifting
- Straps & Patient Security
Pats Slide
- Correct use
- Amount of people needed
- Reasons why this should be used
Banana Board
- Correct use
- Amount of people needed
- Reasons why this should be used