A text-book of first aid and emergency treatment . pectively. Bothbearers then turn and lower the patient upon the litter,head toward No. 2 and take their positions at litter postswithout commands. To unload, posts are taken and the patient lifted in thesame manner and by the same commands. At Hips—Posts,the bearers take their posts at the sides of the litter and atprepare to lift they lift the patient to a sitting position onthe side of the litter by reversing the movements heretoforedescribed and then take the positions of prepare to lift. The bearers move backward if at side, Posts and for-
A text-book of first aid and emergency treatment . pectively. Bothbearers then turn and lower the patient upon the litter,head toward No. 2 and take their positions at litter postswithout commands. To unload, posts are taken and the patient lifted in thesame manner and by the same commands. At Hips—Posts,the bearers take their posts at the sides of the litter and atprepare to lift they lift the patient to a sitting position onthe side of the litter by reversing the movements heretoforedescribed and then take the positions of prepare to lift. The bearers move backward if at side, Posts and for-ward if at hips, Posts, until clear of the litter, when theyhalt and lower the patient. 2G4 T RAN SPORT ATIOX The drill should be made as nearly as possible like aetiialfirst-aid work. For this i)uri)ose a diajiuosis tag haviiifj; beenattached to the clothing of the injured person indicatingthe site and character of the injury to be dressed beforeloading, the necessary first-aid dressing should be appliedand the patient transported as Fig. 149.—Method of carrying a litter upstairs. Note that the Htter iscarried in the horizontal position. To Pass Obstacles.—If the ground is very uneven or far, the luarer squads should always consist ofthree or four men, preferably four. To carry a loaded litter upstairs, the patient should l)ecarried head first. The leading bearer (or bearers) carrieshis end of the stretcher low and the following bearers carrytheir end high so that the litter remains horizontal. Incarrying flownstairs the process is reversed except that the LITTER TRANSPORTATION 265 patient travels feet first. The leading bearers hold theirend of the stretcher high while the other end is lowered. To cross a fence or other low obstacle only two bearersare necessary. The litter is placed on the ground with thehead next to the fence and. the bearers take their places
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