Yeah it's similar to those. I don't really know why it got the name "G Street" or "Georgia Street" lift but I think it had some sort of association with the old Central Receiving Hospital in downtown Los Angeles that was near Georgia Street (and is now the new Rampart Station for the LAPD). I don't have any pictures or links, I'm just going by what one of my instructors in paramedic school told us.Thank you Mr. Pilgrim! This sounds very similar to "current" Extremity Carry or the Chair Carry [without the chair]. Is that correct? Or is this different in some way? Are there any pictures or links that you could share? Thanks so much for your help so far and if you have any more!
Used it on a lot of little old ladies, if they were light and it was done smoothly and cautiosly it worked ok.
thanks again!Yeah it's similar to those. I don't really know why it got the name "G Street" or "Georgia Street" lift but I think it had some sort of association with the old Central Receiving Hospital in downtown Los Angeles that was near Georgia Street (and is now the new Rampart Station for the LAPD). I don't have any pictures or links, I'm just going by what one of my instructors in paramedic school told us.
While we're in a post about carries, does anyone know the name of a lift that takes 5 people total that's for really heavy people?
I was shown the lift three years ago in Basic class...what you do is the patient supine. Two people on either side of the patient, a 5th with a bariatric/reinforced board or something else to slide under the patient.
You reach under the patient, sliding your arms under up to the elbow, then you bury your head in right shoulder of the person across from you. Push your shoulder into their head and they push their shoulder into your head. THe patient lifts extremely easy without any undue stress. We tried it a few times with a friend of the clas instructor who weighed 380lbs and it was light as a feather on the lift, really cool.