Matters Needing Attention When Transporting the Wounded on a Stretcher

Matters needing attention when transporting the wounded on a stretcher
1. Before transporting the wounded, check the wounded’s vital signs and injured parts, focusing on checking the wounded’s head, spine, and chest for trauma, especially whether the cervical spine has been injured.
2. The wounded must be handled properly
First, keep the airway of the wounded unobstructed, and then hemostatic, bandage, and fix the wounded part of the wounded in accordance with the technical operating specifications. It can only be moved after proper handling.
3. Don't carry it when the personnel and stretcher are not prepared properly.
When handling overweight and unconscious wounded, consider everything. Prevent accidents such as falling and falling during transportation.
4. Observe the condition of the wounded at any time during the handling process.
Focus on observing breathing, mind, etc., pay attention to keep warm, but do not cover the head and face too tightly, so as not to affect breathing. Once an emergency occurs on the way, such as suffocation, respiratory arrest, and convulsions, the transport should be stopped and emergency treatment should be carried out immediately.
5. In a special site, it should be transported according to a special method.
At the scene of a fire, when transporting the wounded in dense smoke, they should bend over or crawl forward; at the scene of toxic gas leakage, the transporter should first cover his mouth and nose with a wet towel or use a gas mask to avoid being swallowed by the gas.
6. Transport the wounded with spine and spinal cord injury:
After being placed on a rigid stretcher, the body and the stretcher must be firmly fixed with a triangle scarf or other cloth straps. Especially for those with cervical spine injury, sandbags, pillows, clothing, etc. must be placed on both sides of the head and neck for fixation to limit the cervical spine. Use a triangle scarf to fix the forehead together with the stretcher, and then use a triangle scarf to surround the whole body with the stretcher.