Re: Extrication practice???

"Former Organ Donor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Couldn't have they used a KED? Would have been much cheaper.

A KED won't maintain c-spine immobility, and the patient was complaining of
neck pain, so c-spine was presumably the concern.    (Personally, I think
the KED is a waste of time, a hindrance to proper care, and utterly useless
for much of anything, but that's another thread).

We've taken more than one roof simply because the patient was tall, couldn't
get through the car's doorway without bending his neck, and it wasn't
possible to lay him down flat to slide him out.  We've never cut a cruiser,
but we've threatened it more than once.  Eventually the PD got the hint and
quit putting patients in their back seat.