Talk:Fireman's carry

Use for kidnapping
Should it be mention that it is used for kidnapping as well —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hedgehog master (talk • contribs) 03:57, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

When not to use
Are there any conditions under which the fireman's carry should not be used? For instance, the article states that the fireman's carry is sometimes used to carry wounded soldiers, but I imagine that some types of wounds might make the fireman's carry inappropriate (e.g. flail chest). --Lambyte (talk) 03:16, 6 November 2008 (UTC)


 * As any stopgap emergency measure, it is generally inappropriate unless necessity calls, and should be avoided whenever other solutions are available. It's a way that can make it possible to move a person who outweighs you by a hundred pounds, alone, a fair distance, and fairly quickly. 68.183.124.12 (talk) 05:25, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Terminology
The article currently documents the fireman's carry and fireman's lift terminology, but gives no info as to where the different terms are used. My guess would be that 'carry' is AE, and 'lift' is BE (and possibly used in other Commonwealth countries too). Can anybody expand on this? --Ef80 (talk) 19:37, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Different Uses
Should it be mentioned that it is also used to carry women as well that it is used for kidnapping not just to carry injured soldiers? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timetorockknowlege (talk • contribs) 07:02, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

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Positional asphyxia during Fireman's carry.

The weight of the patient and position of their diaphragm across the rescuer's shoulders creates a reasonable risk of positional asphyxia. This is aggravated by heavy equipment said equipments position (Especially webbing) relating to the patient and rescuer. Again aggravated by violent/high power physical movements and uneven terrain. This can create a bouncing effect on the patient's diaphragm, where the cadence of bounces is effectively the cadence of breathing, thus the patient is constantly exhaling, and cannot physically inhale as the diaphragm muscles cannot engage from the bent position, and/or are repeatedly being restrained/pressured on each footstep.