On February 19, 2024, Ms Jewel Hunter from Mobile Fire Rescue came to teach our class how to spine-board someone. She demonstrated the process with a couple of students including myself!
A basic step-by-step process is set in place to successfully spine-board someone. The first step is to grasp the patient's head to ensure that the spine is aligned with the head. The next step is that an assistant applies a cervical collar, and then the patient is rolled over by one or two assistants with their hands placed on the opposite side of the patient, positioned at the shoulder, hip, and knee, after the patient is secured the person at the head of the board should count to three to at which time the assistants should roll the patient toward themselves. Another assistant should quickly place the backboard under the patient. The patient will be rolled back onto the blackboard when the board is secured. After the patient is positioned at the center of the board, the assistant should secure the upper torso with straps. When that is complete, the chest, pelvis, and upper legs should be secured with straps.
Although we had a spine-board lab during my freshman year of Biomed, seeing how much I remembered from so long ago and how I could apply it to our class today was interesting!
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