Drills and exercises.

  • Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps
Date:
1951
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Credit: Drills and exercises. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6. (a) Both bearers now adjust the feet straps by crossing them below the soles of the boots, passing them OVER the side of the stretcher, BACK through the runner, up OVER the lower edge of the stretcher canvas, crossing them diagonally over the patient’s legs and fastening them to the opposite buckle on the cross strap marked ‘“‘ 3.” ““<(By (For Casualties of Large Size—six feet and over).—Both bearers adjust the feet straps by passing them below the soles of the boots, BACK over the insteps OVER the side of the stretcher, BACK through the runner, OVER the bottom edge of the stretcher canvas and fastening them off to the buckles on the same side, or the opposite side if length of straps permit. 7. Nos. 1 and 2 then tighten up all straps working from feet to head. 8. The stretcher is then lifted to test for security and all buckles in- spected to ensure that there is no loosening. (B) DRILL FOR THE APPLICATION OF STRETCHER HARNESS ** MANIFOLD ” TO A PATIENT FITTED WITH A THOMAS SPLINT. 1. Casualty is laid on the prepared stretcher and blanketed, excluding the injured limb. One extra man holds the Thomas splint steady until the application of the harness has been completed. A third blanket is rolled neatly around the injured limb. 2. No. 1 bearer passes the splinted limb through the centre window of the harness, so that the widened part covers the trunk and the cross strap marked ‘** 3’ fits snugly under the thigh on the injured side, with the upper cross strap marked “‘ 1 ’’ one hand’s breadth away from the patients’ chin. No. 2 bearer meanwhile bunches the free ends of the transverse straps at the side of the stretcher. 3. Nos. 1 and 2 lift the stretcher to knee level and move it to the side until the transverse straps protrude on the buckle side. 4. No. 1 now passes the longitudinal head straps OVER the top of the stretcher, UNDER the handle. THROUGH the runner and makes secure by fastening to the buckle on its own side on the cross strap marked “ 1.” 5. At the same time No. 2 is loosely buckling off the four transverse straps working from the head to the feet. 6. Both bearers now adjust the feet straps by tying them in a half knot below the sole of the uninjured foot and continuing each strap OVER the side of the stretcher, BACK through the runner, up OVER the lower edge of the stretcher canvas and fastening off to the buckle on the opposite side by passing them under the injured limb. 7. The suspension bar:is applied in the ordinary way except that it is below the level of the boot.
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