Logrolling (medicine)

In medicine, in particular, in emergency medicine, the log roll or logrolling is a maneuver used to move a patient without flexing the spinal column.

Patient's legs are stretched, the head is held, to immobilize the neck.

[1] Some sources recommend patient's arms crossed over the chest,[1] while others suggest that to minimize the amount of lateral spinal displacement the arms must be stretched along the sides, with palms resting on the thighs.

[2][3] After that the patient is carefully rolled in the desired direction without twisting or bending the body.

Typically logrolling into a supine position is used for transport of a casualty.