jakobsmommy2004
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Can someone please explain the ked and procedure for using one? I do not remember at all using it in class. I got my first ems job and I dont want to sound like an idiot :wacko: lol. thanks
at the time i think i missed one class. that was probably the day. I did not have it on national registry either :unsure: thanks for the info that helps.
And people say that EMS educational standards today are acceptable...I think to jakobsmommy's defense, KED is no longer a required skill for NREMT. But your class should have at least taught you how to remove a person from a car using a rapid extrication technique or short backboard.
Here's a manual for the device:
http://www.epandr.com/downloads/manuals.htm#kode2
Not to be rude, but did you not practice this over and over? I always mandate each student to apply the KED at least 25-30 times in either class or scenarios situation. We have lab sessions at least once to twice a week, involving equipment working.
This concerns me of the type of training that is being produced now.
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I hope this is not the way most EMT courses is being handled.
I think to jakobsmommy's defense, KED is no longer a required skill for NREMT. But your class should have at least taught you how to remove a person from a car using a rapid extrication technique or short backboard.
Here's a manual for the device:
http://www.epandr.com/downloads/manuals.htm#kode2
actually, spinal immobilzation of a seated patient is still a required skill for NREMT, as it should be... while it does not specifically mention KED, what device do you think is used?
An alternative to the KED is a short board-- it is simply a longboard, but shorter... and the straps are prepared differently. Instead of one across the chest, one accross the pelvis and one accross the femur, the straps are often secured in an X over the chest.
You should have learned about them, or at least seen one in your basic class. I know in mine that they demonstrated the shortboard before the KED, and we were given a chance to practise with it once or twice, but then forgot about it.