She's a sweet little old lady who has fallen and can't get up. The reason she can't get up is obvious; a shortened and internally rotated left leg. Complicating matters, she has had the misfortune of falling in a cramped bathroom, between the tub and the toilet.
Normally, you'd grab your handy scoop stretcher and handle your business, or if this were in a nursing home, you'd choke back the pointless lecture on not moving injured patients, do a gentle sheet transfer from her bed to your cot, and thank the nurse for all her, ummm… help.
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Found this in the official KED Manual:
without the pictures, but im sure you'll get it.
6.6 Adapting the KED for Use As a Splint
The KED can be used as a splint for pelvic stabilization and hip and/or femur stabilization. Two possible methods of adaptation are shown here.
HIP AND/OR FEMUR STABILIZATION
The KED and patient are placed on a long spine board with the head portion of the KED toward the foot end of the board.
The torso portion of the is KED positioned a little above the waist and centered (Figure 44). The torso flaps are secured around the patient and the head flaps are wrapped around the patient’s injured leg and secured with the KED head straps (Figure 44).
PELVIC STABILIZATION
The KED and patient are placed on a long spine board with the head portion of the KED toward the foot end of the board.
The torso portion of the is KED positioned a little above the waist and centered. The torso flaps are secured around the patient’s pelvic area and the head flaps are wrapped a...