The casualty movement is the procedures used to move a casualty from the initial location (street, home, working place...) to the ambulance.
The first step is the casualty lifting, to put him/her on a stretcher. The final step is the patient transfer frome the stretcher to the hospital bed. The present article is only about the handling of the stretcher once the casualty is on it.
The use of wheeled stretchers, usually used in most developped emergency services, does not need much explanation, except that great care must be taken in order to avoid to worsen an instable trauma. The article will focus on the handling of folding stretchers, that must be caried.
Casualties should not be moved before the type and extent of injuries are evaluated and the required emergency medical treatment is given.
The exception to this occurs when the situation dictates immediate movement for safety purposes (for example, it may be necessary to remove a casualty from a burning vehicle); that is, the situation dictates that the urgency of casualtymovement outweighs the need to administer emergency medical treatment.
If the casualty is taller than the bearers it may be necessary for the bearers to lift the casualty's legs and let them rest on their forearms.
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