Comments on: An informal poll…. http://pinkwarmdry.com/2009/04/17/an-informal-poll/ Balancing paramedicine with playdates. Follow my trip across the tightrope. Tue, 15 May 2012 17:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Braden http://pinkwarmdry.com/2009/04/17/an-informal-poll/#comment-3100 Braden Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:25:54 +0000 http://www.pinkwarmdry.com/blog/?p=1723#comment-3100 I've never done anything but back the stretcher into the elevator. I’ve never done anything but back the stretcher into the elevator.

]]> By: Ambulance Mommy http://pinkwarmdry.com/2009/04/17/an-informal-poll/#comment-3099 Ambulance Mommy Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:41:32 +0000 http://www.pinkwarmdry.com/blog/?p=1723#comment-3099 maybe its our elevators around here, but the only way I can get the strecher in is sideways.... they wouldnt fit if i backed them in. but then again, I dont do a lot of elevator stuff...the only time is when we bring a mom straight to L&D cause the ER routes us directly there with OB stuff. maybe its our elevators around here, but the only way I can get the strecher in is sideways…. they wouldnt fit if i backed them in. but then again, I dont do a lot of elevator stuff…the only time is when we bring a mom straight to L&D cause the ER routes us directly there with OB stuff.

]]> By: Herbie http://pinkwarmdry.com/2009/04/17/an-informal-poll/#comment-3098 Herbie Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:45:30 +0000 http://www.pinkwarmdry.com/blog/?p=1723#comment-3098 People like to see where they're going, not where they've been. People like to see where they’re going, not where they’ve been.

]]> By: bobball http://pinkwarmdry.com/2009/04/17/an-informal-poll/#comment-3097 bobball Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:01:17 +0000 http://www.pinkwarmdry.com/blog/?p=1723#comment-3097 Backwards...but then my original medic training was with the Air Force working in hospitals...part of nursing education then. Backwards…but then my original medic training was with the Air Force working in hospitals…part of nursing education then.

]]> By: VTEMT http://pinkwarmdry.com/2009/04/17/an-informal-poll/#comment-3105 VTEMT Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:01:21 +0000 http://www.pinkwarmdry.com/blog/?p=1723#comment-3105 Backwards. I agree. Unless of course you're in one of those nursing homes where the idiots who designed the elevator never considered that old, infirm residents might need to come down the elevator on a stretcher. Then you have to fold them up in it to make it fit however you can. Backwards. I agree. Unless of course you’re in one of those nursing homes where the idiots who designed the elevator never considered that old, infirm residents might need to come down the elevator on a stretcher. Then you have to fold them up in it to make it fit however you can.

]]> By: EvilTransportLady http://pinkwarmdry.com/2009/04/17/an-informal-poll/#comment-3104 EvilTransportLady Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:02:29 +0000 http://www.pinkwarmdry.com/blog/?p=1723#comment-3104 Well back in......as for wheelchairs it's basicly the law. Something about the Americans with disabilities Act. But for stretchers is always have the pt face the door like everyone else. Well back in……as for wheelchairs it’s basicly the law. Something about the Americans with disabilities Act.

But for stretchers is always have the pt face the door like everyone else.

]]> By: Stephan http://pinkwarmdry.com/2009/04/17/an-informal-poll/#comment-3103 Stephan Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:00:38 +0000 http://www.pinkwarmdry.com/blog/?p=1723#comment-3103 sideways,at least 40% of the elevators I have been in recently had it that way only with a stretcher, otherwise they face towards the doors. sideways,at least 40% of the elevators I have been in recently had it that way only with a stretcher, otherwise they face towards the doors.

]]> By: Medic61 http://pinkwarmdry.com/2009/04/17/an-informal-poll/#comment-3102 Medic61 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:28:23 +0000 http://www.pinkwarmdry.com/blog/?p=1723#comment-3102 Back in always. As my preceptor told me once, "show them where they're going, not where they've been." It really, really bothers me when people push them in feet first. Back in always. As my preceptor told me once, “show them where they’re going, not where they’ve been.”

It really, really bothers me when people push them in feet first.

]]> By: JS http://pinkwarmdry.com/2009/04/17/an-informal-poll/#comment-3101 JS Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:24:10 +0000 http://www.pinkwarmdry.com/blog/?p=1723#comment-3101 Normally I back the cot into an elevator. JS Normally I back the cot into an elevator. JS

]]> By: Trauma Junkie http://pinkwarmdry.com/2009/04/17/an-informal-poll/#comment-3088 Trauma Junkie Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:19:23 +0000 http://www.pinkwarmdry.com/blog/?p=1723#comment-3088 Back in, always. Always. It assures the patient's safety and comfort. Their back isn't turned to everyone and you can get the out of the elevator quicker if they start to crash on you. Back in, always. Always.

It assures the patient’s safety and comfort. Their back isn’t turned to everyone and you can get the out of the elevator quicker if they start to crash on you.

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