How to load an Ambulance
- A few ambulances have flat built- in beds with grooves to take the runners of a standard stretcher. Four persons should do this together. One person should stand inside the ambulance to guide the stretcher. The other three should stand on both sides and one end to lift the stretcher
- If there are two berths to be loaded, always load the left one first.
- While loading a trolley bed into an ambulance, two bearers should stand at the ends of the trolley bed, raise the trolley bed to the required height, and carry it head first into the ambulance.
How to unload the stretcher
The victim is unloaded from the stretcher after transportation to the desired place, like the hospital or his home. The methods applied for the unloading are the same as of loading, except that the order is reverse.
- He is picked up by four persons holding the four corners of the bed sheet or blanket on which he is lying, and placed on his bed. Then the sheet is folded in around the person in all sides and drawn out from under him.
- If he is not laying on bed sheet or blanket, then he is lifted up with their hands below his head, waist, chest, hips and legs.
