Here is ours below.  I will add that California has a Safe Patient Handling regulation the last few years and sadly we had an employee about a year before this law went into place; a super nice man everyone knows who worked in the patient transport group.  He is older and was getting a patient out of a car, just to help out as this was not his actual job, the patient grabbed both hands around this employee’s neck, clasping his two hands behind the employee’s neck to hold on as his legs gave way.  The patient was quite large and so the sudden force as he collapsed broke this UCLA employee’s neck rendering him with severe neurologic damage, and he has been off work in rehab and therapy ever since.

 

Hello all, currently we do not have a specific car extraction policy.  We do have an ambulatory lift team that assist with car extractions.  Equipment used include the car lift (maxi lite), our manual assistive device (sara stedy), a seated slide board, and manual assist depending the specific situation.  We are in the process of setting up a demonstration using the Hoverjack along with our air assist lateral device for car extraction.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Larona Taylor Safe Patient Handling program Manager

UCLA Health

Office:  310 267-9897

Cell:  310 569-9869 

Pager:  91136

Fax:  310 267-9890

                                                                              

 

 

 

MCOH List:

Do you have a lift policy for removing patients from their cars? 

 

Our position is the patient should get out of their car the same way they got in to come to the hospital or clinic.  We have too many back injuries removing patients from their cars, it is so treacherous.  We have a portable ceiling lift which fits over the car with a sling to remove the patient.  Our Lift Team and staff are reluctant to use this since it can scratch the car, another liability.

 

At this time when a patient presents to the ER or Clinic who cannot get out of the car, we call the Fire Dept or an Access/Cabulance service to extract the patient.

 

I would appreciate any policy you have and or feedback you’ve received from your Risk Dept.

 

Thanks.

 

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