Emergency Procedures for Employees with Disabilities - US Fire ...
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Carry<br />
Techniques<br />
One-Person Carry<br />
Technique<br />
The CRADLE<br />
LIFT is the preferred<br />
method when the<br />
person to be carried<br />
has little or no arm<br />
strength. It is safer<br />
if the person being<br />
carried weighs less<br />
than the carrier’s<br />
weight.<br />
18<br />
Two-Person<br />
Carry Technique<br />
— The Swing or<br />
Chair Carry<br />
To use this technique<br />
Carriers stand on<br />
opposite sides of the<br />
individual<br />
Take the arm on<br />
your side and wrap<br />
it around your<br />
shoulder.<br />
Grasp your carry<br />
partner’s <strong>for</strong>earm<br />
behind the person<br />
in the small of the<br />
hack.<br />
Reach under the<br />
person’s knees to<br />
grasp the wrist of<br />
your carry partner’s<br />
other hand.<br />
Both carry partners<br />
should then<br />
lean in, close to the<br />
person, and lift on<br />
the count of three.<br />
Continue pressing<br />
into the person<br />
being carried <strong>for</strong><br />
additional support<br />
in the carry.
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