I've seen both. Paramedics tend to place the patient involved in a MVA on a KED, and then transfer them to a long backboard.
However, during my time with the volunteer FD, most firefighters just extricated the patient onto a long backboard so the ambulance personnel could just load and go.
Which is better? When is a KED necessary? If I remember correctly from my EMT class, I think they said that you can just put the patient on a backboard (and forget about the KED) if there is an immediate threat to the patient's life or a life-threatening injury. Is this correct? Thanks!
However, during my time with the volunteer FD, most firefighters just extricated the patient onto a long backboard so the ambulance personnel could just load and go.
Which is better? When is a KED necessary? If I remember correctly from my EMT class, I think they said that you can just put the patient on a backboard (and forget about the KED) if there is an immediate threat to the patient's life or a life-threatening injury. Is this correct? Thanks!