My question is: in the following scenario, how would you get the patient on to a backboard?
Call received as a fall in the home; patient with back pain.
You arrive to find a person in their 80s sitting upright, but in a recliner. Indications are that the patient tripped and took a fall. There was little or no pain at first and patient's spouse had helped patient get up and into the recliner. Severe pain has now set in in the lower back. Patient uses a walker and cannot stand or walk without the use of the walker.
How would you get this patient on to a backboard?
Call received as a fall in the home; patient with back pain.
You arrive to find a person in their 80s sitting upright, but in a recliner. Indications are that the patient tripped and took a fall. There was little or no pain at first and patient's spouse had helped patient get up and into the recliner. Severe pain has now set in in the lower back. Patient uses a walker and cannot stand or walk without the use of the walker.
How would you get this patient on to a backboard?