Re: Value of KED (was Re: Extrication practice???)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>Hips? Bah. There is no "good" method of immobilizing a femoral neck fx
>(ie. hip fx.). To place a KED and move the patient to the cot will
>result in as much (or little) manipulation as just carefully moving
>the patient to the cot. 

Nothing beats a scoop stretcher for that.  It's the only device that can
lift and immobilize a patient with virtually no movement at all.

With plenty of padding and a strap cinched firmly across the pelvis, it's
about as immobilized as it's going to get.  I've had patients sigh with
relief when I tightened the strap and even ask me to make it tighter.