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KED® Pro
Using the KED® Pro
5.11 Using the shoulder strap
(optional)
Use of the shoulder strap is optional. Follow your medical
director’s guidelines. The shoulder strap is designed:
●
to help keep the patient’s shoulders back in the
KED
®
Pro
●
to straighten the upper torso
●
as a deceleration strap, to help prevent the patient from
sliding within the KED
®
Pro when the ambulance
slows or stops.
The shoulder strap is orange with a male plastic buckle on
each end. The male halves attach to the white plastic female
halves on the KED
®
Pro (See
Components,
page 7).
Apply the shoulder strap after the patient has been fully
immobilized in the KED
®
Pro, just before the patient is
moved to the long spine board.
1. Center the loop-side hook-and-loop fastener strip on
the shoulder strap with the mating surface on the rear
of the KED
®
Pro, under the lifting handle (Figure 38).
Press the hook-and-loop surfaces together.
2. Bring the strap forward over both shoulders of the
patient (Figure 39) and attach each strap end to the
buckle on its side of the KED
®
Pro (Figure 40). Do
NOT cross the straps at the patient’s chest because this
can choke the patient.
3.
Tighten the shoulder strap to a snug fit (Figure 40). Do
not overtighten.
Figure 38 -
Attaching
the
Shoulder
Strap
Figure 39 -
Bringing the
Shoulder
Strap
Over the
Shoulders
Figure 40 -
Buckling the
Shoulder
Strap
Warning
Crossing the shoulder strap over the patient’s neck
can choke the patient. Fasten the shoulder strap
only as described in this manual.
