A manual of instruction in the principles of prompt aid to the injured : including a chapter on hygiene and the drill regulations for the hospital corps, U.S.A. : designed for military and civil use / by Alvah H. Doty.

Alvah Hunt Doty

Date:: 1898, ©1894

Credit: A manual of instruction in the principles of prompt aid to the injured : including a chapter on hygiene and the drill regulations for the hospital corps, U.S.A. : designed for military and civil use / by Alvah H. Doty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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$lock the fingers of the other hand, palms up, under the upper part of the thighs. The patient, if able, clasps his arms around their necks. The third bearer (No. 2 or 4) supports the lower extremi- ties with both arms passed under them, one above, the other be- low the knee. 132. If only two bearers are available (e. g., Nos. 2 and 3), the patient is necessarily always carried to the litter. No. 2 proceeds by the right and No. 3 by the left, and take position on opposite *ides of the patient near his hips. They lift the patient as di- rected [Par. 150], the legs remaining unsupported, and carry him feet foremost over the near end of the litter. In case of fractured lower extremity, the two bearers kneel on the injured side, raise the patient upon their knees, and take firm hold of him. No. 2 supporting both lower extremities, while No. 3 supports the body, the patient clasping his arms around his neck, when they rise. TO UNLOAD THE LITTER. 133. To unload with four or three bearers, posts are taken at patient as in loading; At the commands: 1. Prepare to lift, 2. Lift [Par. 108], they raise him upon the knees, the free bearer removes the litter, and at lower patient, they lower him carefully to the ground. 134r. With two bearers, they form a two-handed seat [Par. 150], and lift the patient off the litter. In the case of fracture, they stand on the same side, and kneeling [Par. 132], lift him upon their knees, then rise and take two steps backward to clear the litter, when they lower him to their knees, and then to the ground. to transfer patient from litter to bed or another litter. 135. From Utter to hed: With four or three bearers the litter is placed at the foot of the bed, as nearly as possible in line with it; the bearers taking their positions (all on one side if only three), lift the patient upon their knees, then, at the command rise, taking firm hold of him, they rise, and, moving cautiously by side steps to the bedside, lower him upon the bed. With two bearers, the patient is likewise first lifted upon their knees, then carried by side steps to the bed. 136. From litter to litter: The patient is lifted upon the knees$