CHAPTER 18 | EVACUATION
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• For a two-person carry, a second carrier can lift the patient’s feet up. The two rescuers then walk forwards, carrying the patient facing ahead.
Figure 18.6 Two-person fore-andaft carry
STRETCHERS A stretcher is used when the patient needs to be kept lying down, or if it is the safest method of transport for the patient and/or the carriers. A stretcher is the best way to move an unconscious patient. Have someone at the head of the patient checking at all times that their airway is open.
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