Famous airmen and their equipment [electronic resource] : with some notes on first-aid in emergencies . o try the strength of an improvised stretcherbefore placing the patient on it. When the injury is not extremely severe, and the patient isconscious, one of the improvised seats here shown may beemployed. The value of the two-handed seat is that thepatient can be carried, if necessary, in a position very nearlyhorizontal. It has the disadvantage, however, of being verytrying to the bearers, and cannot be endured for long three-handed seat is probably the most generally useful of
Famous airmen and their equipment [electronic resource] : with some notes on first-aid in emergencies . o try the strength of an improvised stretcherbefore placing the patient on it. When the injury is not extremely severe, and the patient isconscious, one of the improvised seats here shown may beemployed. The value of the two-handed seat is that thepatient can be carried, if necessary, in a position very nearlyhorizontal. It has the disadvantage, however, of being verytrying to the bearers, and cannot be endured for long three-handed seat is probably the most generally useful ofthe three, but it is unsuitable for patients in a fainting four-handed seat is a firm one, and can be used when thedistance is considerable ; the patient must be able to give someslight assistance in this mode of transport. Fig. 1.—The Two-handed seat The bearers face each other,bend down one on each sideof patient and either lock thefingers together or grasp eachothers wrists, under the hipof patient. Then each passeshis free hand round back ofpatient and grasps the
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