Drills and exercises.

  • Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps
Date:
1951
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Drills and exercises. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    34/54 page 32
    CHAPTER 5 PURPOSEFUL PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR STRETCHER BEARERS General 24. The following demonstrates a method of combining physical training and a system of carrying casualties. These exercises should be incorporated into the periods of physical training which normally form part of the training for all RAMC personnel. Fireman’s Lift and Carry 25. If only one stretcher bearer is available, the method shown in Figs 28, 29 and 30 is of particular value for lifting and carrying a conscious patient who is unable to walk. FE 7 ie METHOD {fo Ne ya Z~ | ae wa 7 \ (a) Help casualty to upright Fp Rican ee <i position and stand on un- fs injured leg. i | (b) Bearer grasps patient’s right \ wrist. with left hand as CdA shown in Fig 28. (c) Stretcher bearer bends down, putting his right shoulder into patient’s lower abdomen with right arm between patient’s legs and then pulls patient over his shoulder as shown in Fig 29. °
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3