Illustrated lectures on ambulance work / by R. Lawton Roberts.

  • Roberts, R. Lawton.
Date:
1895
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    may further support himself by putting one or both of his arms around the necks of his helpers—that is, supposing from the nature of his injuries he is able to do so. This method acts well for a short distance ; but the helpers cannot long bear the severe strain thrown on the arms and joined hands which support the thighs and sustain the entire weight of the patient. (b) A patient may be carried in a lying-back position by the helpers joining two of their hands tightly under his thighs, and placing their other hands on—and grasping firmly—each other’s shoulders (Tig. 37). This is an excel- lent method for carrying patients who are very weak, ab- solutely helpless, or injured in both arms ; and in this way, Fig. 38.—Four-handed seat, made with the arms uncrossed; sometimes called the sedan-chair or dandy-chair. as the weight of the body does not fall entirely on one pair of arms (as in the former method), but is pretty equally distributed on all the arms, and to some extent on the chests and shoulders, of the helpers, a wounded man can be con- veyed for a considerable distance without extra fatigue to his bearers. (c) The helpers, by crossing their arms and then taking hold of each other’s hands, can form a four-handed seat on which to carry a patient—that is, if he is in a fit state to be conveyed in the sitting-up position, and also able to sup- port himself by putting his arms around the necks of his