Question about mechanical lifts at nursing homes

[Jeremy Gerberg87]

Should ems operate them or have someone from the facility use it?

 

[Summit]

Are you trained to use that model of lift?
What does your policy say?
What does their policy say?

 

[WolfmanHarris]

I've never had issues having LTC staff help with it. Often times they have to go get the sling or the lift is shared anyways. For home ones the patient and family and usually well versed in its operation. Beyond that I've never found them difficult to use and if the patient is so ill that I'm not comfortable with the time to set it up I have slider sheets, a power cot and muscles.

 

[Bullets]

I usually have the staff operate it, and they are usually pretty happy to do so.

 

[NPO]

Should ems operate them or have someone from the facility use it?

My company says I, an an EMT, am not trained to change a spare tire.

I feel they would have the same opinion about the lift.

Can I change a tire? Can I operate a lift? Yes.
Will I? Nope.

 

[SeventhAura]

As someone who has worked in a nursing home I'm gonna say your best bet for liability's sake is to have their staff operate them. If the proper staff or the lift itself isn't readily available stick to our tried and true EMS methods (sheets, boards, your muscles etc.) just as you would if the patient were in a private residence.

 

[NPO]

As someone who has worked in a nursing home I'm gonna say your best bet for liability's sake is to have their staff operate them. If the proper staff or the lift itself isn't readily available stick to our tried and true EMS methods (sheets, boards, your muscles etc.) just as you would if the patient were in a private residence.

Thank you for reviving the thread to add your input.

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