Job Performance Requirement 16-8 Placing a Patient on a Backboard

A A firefighter maintains manual stabilization while another first responder checks pulse, movement, and sensation.

B A cervical collar is applied B A cervical collar is applied. While a firefighter maintains manual stabilization, two other firefighters take positions at the patient’s shoulders and pelvis, reaching across the patient and grasping the patient’s shoulders and pelvis, respectively. JPR 16-8B

rolls the patient onto the patient’s side. C On the command of the firefighter, while maintaining manual stabilization, the team rolls the patient onto the patient’s side. JPR 16-8C

D One firefighter places the backboard under the patient with the bottom of the backboard at the patient’s knees. JPR 16-8D

E On command, the team rolls the patient back onto the backboard, and the patient is pulled up to the center of the board using a long axis drag. JPR 16-8E

F Once the patient is centered on the backboard, the firefighter secures the patient to the backboard and reassesses distal pulses, movement, and sensation. JPR 16-8F