bkelley Posted April 12, 2017 Posted April 12, 2017 How does your agency deal with the topic of safely transporting children (5-99lbs) in your ambulances? Do you have policies in place (share them)? Do you do training over equipment for this purpose? Do you even think about it?
paramedicmike Posted April 12, 2017 Posted April 12, 2017 My last ground job had a "child car seat" on every ambulance. We kept it tucked in the external oxygen cabinet until we needed it. I never had need to use it. If we needed it we strapped it on to the rear facing captain's chair in the back. My flight job used isolettes for neos and then a pedimate for pretty much everyone else. I was not a fan of pedimates for small kids. The fit never seemed to be quite right.
bkelley Posted April 12, 2017 Author Posted April 12, 2017 (edited) It could be because they actually didn't. The pedimate is only for kids 4.5kg to 18 kg. It also is only supposed to be used on the Ferno cots listed in the operators manual for the pedimate. It is possible that on a different cot, you weren't able to snug up the pedimate because the cot wasn't designed for it. I bet that car seat got pretty dirty, lol! Edited April 12, 2017 by bkelley addition
Recommended Posts