The casualty must be lifted (scoop) to be put on the stretcher. This lifting can be made manually, but it is also possible to use specific devices. These devices can be also used as stretchers, but only for short distances. A long spine board can be used to scoop and carry the victim to the stretcher; in case a spine trauma is suspected, the victim is left on the board and tied to it and the board is simply put on the stretcher. The spine and the overall immobilisation can al ...

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Casualty lifting, Casualty lifting - Preparation of the stretcher, Casualty lifting - Use of a scoop stretcher, Casualty lifting - Vertical lift straddle lift, Casualty lifting - With five team members, Casualty lifting - With four team members, Casualty lifting - With two team members, Casualty lifting - Lifting with a strap, Casualty lifting - Translation lift, Casualty lifting - Rolling methods log roll, Casualty lifting - Seated person, Casualty lifting - External links

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The translation lift, or "Dutch" lift, is used when it is not possible to push the stretcher: there no room for the stretcher at the feet or head of the casualty, or the stretcher cannot slide/roll on the ground, or there are not enough first responders available. In such a case, the stretcher is placed besides the casualty. With four first responders (including the chief), the first and second team members step over the casualty and the stretcher, the foot is on the farthest pole of the stretcher. The chief holds the closest pole wit ...

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Casualty lifting, Casualty lifting - Preparation of the stretcher, Casualty lifting - Use of a scoop stretcher, Casualty lifting - Vertical lift straddle lift, Casualty lifting - With five team members, Casualty lifting - With four team members, Casualty lifting - With two team members, Casualty lifting - Lifting with a strap, Casualty lifting - Translation lift, Casualty lifting - Rolling methods log roll, Casualty lifting - Seated person, Casualty lifting - External links

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Brickwork is produced when a bricklayer uses bricks and mortar to build up structures such as walls, bridges and chimneys. (Brickwork is also used to finish openings such as doors or windows in buildings made of other materials.) Bricks are laid to expose their ends (Header bricks), or sides (Stretcher bricks). As the work progresses, the bricks are laid in rows called courses. The manner in which the bricks overlap as they are laid up is called the bond. Types of bond include English, Flemish, and Herringbone, but the most common type of brickwork seen these days is the simple stretcher bond, ...

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Brickwork - Types of bond
Brickwork - Stretcher bond Brickwork - Flemish bond Brickwork - English bond Brickwork - American bond

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Casualty lifting is the first step of casualty movement, an early aspect of emergency medical care. It is the procedure used to put the casualty (the patient) on a stretcher. Developed emergency services use lifting devices, such a scoop stretchers, that allow secured lifting with minimal personnel. Other methods (explained below) can be used when such device is not available. Since only stabilised casualties are moved (except in unusual circumstances), the lifting is usually never performed in emergency; emergency movem ...

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Casualty lifting - Preparation of the stretcher Casualty lifting - Use of a scoop stretcher Casualty lifting - Vertical lift straddle lift
Casualty lifting - With five team members Casualty lifting - With four team members Casualty lifting - With two team members Casualty lifting - Lifting with a strap
Casualty lifting - Translation lift Casualty lifting - Rolling methods log roll Casualty lifting - Seated person
Casualty lifting - External links

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The casualty movement is the procedures used to move a casualty from the initial location (street, home, working place...) to the ambulance. The first step is the casualty lifting, to put him/her on a stretcher. The final step is the patient transfer frome the stretcher to the hospital bed. The present article is only about the handling of the stretcher once the casualty is on it. The use of wheeled stretchers, usually used in most developed emergency services, does not need much explanation, except that great care must be taken in order to avoid to worsen an instable trauma. The article will focus on ...

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An ambulance is a vehicle designated for the transport of sick or injured people. The first ambulances called by that name were horse ambulances used in the American Civil War. The first practical ambulances were created by Dominique Jean Larrey, a French surgeon (1766-1842), for use in the Napoleonic Wars. Modern-day ambulances are typically large automobiles on a van or light truck chassis. However, an ambulance can be any vehicle, including a bus, helicopter, or even a hospital ship. During the 1960s and 1970s, station wagons were used in some American cities (despite their limited space) and ...

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Ambulance - Ambulance Providers Ambulance - Service Level Ambulance - Need for Flexibility
Ambulance - Ambulances in France & Europe
Ambulance - First responders vehicles Ambulance - Hospital ambulances Ambulance - Special warning devices and traffic law
Ambulance - Ambulances in the UK Ambulance - Private ambulance companies Ambulance - Military ambulances

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A vacuum mattress (vacmat) is a medical device used for the immobilisation of patients, especially in case of a vertebra, pelvis or limb trauma (especially for femur trauma). It is also used for manual transportation of patients for short distances (it replaces the stretcher). It was invented by Loed and Haederlé, who called it "shell" mattress (matelas coquille in French). It consists in a sealed polymer bag (bigger than an adult human body) that encloses small polystyrene balls, with a valve, strap ...

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Vacuum mattress - Use of the vacuum mattress
Vacuum mattress - Preparation of the vacuum mattress Vacuum mattress - Moulding the mattress
Vacuum mattress - Advantages and disadvantages
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Ancient Egyptian standards of measure evolved over a period of several thousand years as a combination of two systems. The oldest Egyptian body measures date to the late Pre-Dynastic where the glyph for cubit measure is included in several palettes. The oldest glyphs related to agricultural measure show up on the palette of the Scorpion king which shows the firlds being dividfed up by irrigation ditches. One system was essentially decimal and used by surveyors to reestablish the metes and bounds of fields after the innundation or 3ht ...

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Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - the ro or portion
Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - Special Unit Measures Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - The Remen Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - The h3yt or rod Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - The Itrw and Atur Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - Area Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - Volume Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - Weight Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - Time Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - Calculation of slope by unit rise and run

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When laying bricks, the manner in which the bricks overlap is called the bond. A brick laid with its longest side exposed is called a stretcher, as opposed to a header, where only the end of the brick can be seen in the brickwork. The thickness of brickwork is often measured using units of length known as the brick. The length of the longest face of a particular brick equals "one brick" for the ...

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Bond masonry - Running bond Bond masonry - English bond Bond masonry - Flemish bond Bond masonry - Garden Wall bond Bond masonry - Herringbone bond Bond masonry - Basket bond

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Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers. The word "upholstery" comes from the Middle English words up and holden, meaning to hold up. The term is applied to domestic furniture and also to applications in automobiles and boats. Upholstery - Upholstery of domestic furniture. The materials which are important to the quality of an upholstered product, such as a bed, sofa, chair or o ...

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Upholstery - Upholstery of domestic furniture
Upholstery - Frames Upholstery - Spring systems Upholstery - Cushions pillows padding and fills Upholstery - Fabrics and Leathers
Upholstery - Automobile upholstery Upholstery - Marine upholstery
Upholstery - Upholstery-related tools Upholstery - Upholstery materials Upholstery - Upholstery skills Upholstery - Other related articles

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Casualty lifting - With five team members. The most secured way to put a casualty on a stretcher is to use a vertical lift with five first responders including the chief (the procedure is called pont amélioré in French, pont refers to a gantry, amélioré means "enhanced"). The casualty is lifted by four first responders: the chief has one knee down, one knee up, and holds the head; he/she can hold it by sliding the finger under the head, the palm placed on each side of the hea ...

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Casualty lifting, Casualty lifting - Preparation of the stretcher, Casualty lifting - Use of a scoop stretcher, Casualty lifting - Vertical lift straddle lift, Casualty lifting - With five team members, Casualty lifting - With four team members, Casualty lifting - With two team members, Casualty lifting - Lifting with a strap, Casualty lifting - Translation lift, Casualty lifting - Rolling methods log roll, Casualty lifting - Seated person, Casualty lifting - External links

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The rolling methods can only be used on a casualty who does not have an unstable trauma. They are especially helpful for heavy weighted casualties: the rolling does not require much effort, and the lifting itself is done in a more comfortable position (the back of the first responders is vertical). They are also interesting when the casualty is in a very narrow place such as a pit or a ditch: the rolling allows sliding the lifting devic ...

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Casualty lifting, Casualty lifting - Preparation of the stretcher, Casualty lifting - Use of a scoop stretcher, Casualty lifting - Vertical lift straddle lift, Casualty lifting - With five team members, Casualty lifting - With four team members, Casualty lifting - With two team members, Casualty lifting - Lifting with a strap, Casualty lifting - Translation lift, Casualty lifting - Rolling methods log roll, Casualty lifting - Seated person, Casualty lifting - External links

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Sometimes, it is necessary to lift a seated or half seated person: the seating position is adapted for a conscious person with a chest trauma or of respiratory difficulties. For this, two team members are placed on each side of the casualty; they place one hand under the buttock, the other under the opposite armpit; the casualty places his/her arms around the neck of the team members. A third team member lifts the ...

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Casualty lifting, Casualty lifting - Preparation of the stretcher, Casualty lifting - Use of a scoop stretcher, Casualty lifting - Vertical lift straddle lift, Casualty lifting - With five team members, Casualty lifting - With four team members, Casualty lifting - With two team members, Casualty lifting - Lifting with a strap, Casualty lifting - Translation lift, Casualty lifting - Rolling methods log roll, Casualty lifting - Seated person, Casualty lifting - External links

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Ambulance - Ambulance types. Ambulances in both the United States and Canada are defined by KKK-1822E requirements which defines several categories of ambulances. Type I Ambulances are based on the chassis-cabs of light duty pickup-trucks, Type II Ambulances are based in modern passenger/cargo vans, Type III Ambulances are based on chassis-cabs of light duty vans, Extreme Duty versions of both Type I and Type III are also now authorized based ...

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In France, the most general term is "vehicle adapted to patient transport", the term "ambulance" only applies for some categories of patient transport vehicles. The word "ambulance" is reserved to transportation on medical prescription, including oral prescription in case of emergency. It does not apply to first responders vehicles (most of times firefighters), although they also transport casualties; their vehicles are called VSAV–véhicule de secours et d'assistance aux victimes (rescue and assistance to casualties vehicle) ...

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The full spine immobilisation (splint) is performed with: a rigid cervical collar a vacuum mattress a stretcher under it (the longitudinal stiffness of the mattress alone is not sufficient). Vacuum mattress - Preparation of the vacuum mattress. The vacuum mattress is put on a stretcher or possibly on a long spine board. The straps are put under the mattress, along its side, so they do not reach the ground. Then, the polystyrene balls are distributed evenly through the ...

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Vacuum mattress, Vacuum mattress - Use of the vacuum mattress, Vacuum mattress - Preparation of the vacuum mattress, Vacuum mattress - Moulding the mattress, Vacuum mattress - Advantages and disadvantages, Vacuum mattress - External links

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In the UK, ambulance services are provided under the National Health Service through local ambulance 'trusts'. Each trust is specific to a county or area, and so the country is divided across a number of ambulance trusts, in a similar way to the British Police are. There are 31 ambulance trusts in England but there are likely to be several mergers in 2006 which will result in fewer trusts. Most trusts offer three levels of personnel for service: care assistants, technicians and paramedics. Care assistants operate PTS (Patient Transpor ...

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In addition to the possibility of being run by a local or regional government (similar to, or even as part of, the local fire department), in the U.S., ambulance services may be provided by a private company. Private companies may be either non-profit charities or for-profit businesses. In the United States, private companies may contract with local governments to provide emergency or non-emergency services. In this case, their revenue often comes from a combination of user fees for those who can afford to pay for the service, and tax ...

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Military ambulances include both regular ambulances painted in olive and armed ambulances based upon AFVs. Military helicopters often function as aerial ambulances, since they are extremely useful for MEDEVAC. Due to the high level of danger in battle-fields, military ambulances are often armored, or based upon armored fighting vehicles (AFV). Since laws of war demand ambulances not to mount any weapon, an ambulance AFV is disarmed and marked by ...

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