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Amy Turley got the idea for her innovative backboard pad 17 years ago, when she was in EMT school. In one training exercise her classmates placed her on a backboard, strapped her ...
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Vacuum mattresses, whether used on their own or with a backboard, can dramatically reduce the pain and fear patients face when injured. By molding to patients' bodies without ...
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By Brian Rokos The Press EnterpriseHEMET, Calif. — Critically injured people in Hemet would be more likely to survive if the City Council approves a contract today that would ...
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By Jamie Thompson FireRescue1 Senior EditorLAS VEGAS — Medical helicopters are an important part of the EMS system but have become "out of control," Fire-Rescue Med ...
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By Scott M. Bruner FireRescue1 Product EditorTrauma Technologies, Inc. has introduced the newest addition to their impressive list of spine boards and accessories: the Trauma Board ...
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By Pat Reavy The Deseret Morning NewsSANDY, Utah — A discarded cigarette left smoldering in a chair ignited a fire that killed an elderly woman and her adult daughter Monday, ...
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A recommendation to the Tulsa would eliminate 120 firefighter positions to cut costs; EMSA says patients' conditions won't be hurt ...
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By Mark Carlson The Associated PressPHOENIX — A strong winter storm wreaked havoc in Arizona on Tuesday, leaving at least three people dead and six injured in a series of ...
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The Norwalk ReflectorSHILOH, Ohio — It was a tragic start to the holiday break for everyone at Plymouth High School.Seventeen-year-old student Abigail Finnegan was killed ...
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The Associated PressSTANLEY, Va. — Fourteen people on a holiday wagon-ride in a small western Virginia town were hurt Tuesday when a car rear-ended the horse-drawn wagon, ...
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By Anne M. Amato Connecticut Post OnlineSHELTON, Conn. — A mixture of rain and ice on a hilly section of Route 110 caused a chain reaction, 50 car pileup Sunday afternoon.A ...
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By Jeffrey Collins The Associated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Authorities say a severely overweight South Carolina man stayed in his recliner without moving for eight months until ...
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By Melissa Pinion-Whitt The San Bernardino County SunSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A tense few moments followed the sound of six to eight gunshots outside Fire Station 7 late ...
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UPIEAST HARTFORD, Conn. — A driver who swerved to avoid a deer Wednesday in Connecticut struck a fire hydrant, creating a sinkhole that partially swallowed her car, ...
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By Heather Rutz The Lima NewsLIMA, Ohio — The Fire Department wants a piece of the emergency ambulance response business.Fire Chief Mark Heffner presented his proposal to ...
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The Associated PressAUSTIN, Minn. — A tour bus returning from a casino ran off a southern Minnesota interstate and rolled over in a ditch Wednesday, killing two people and ...
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By Pam Rigaux The Frederick News-PostFREDERICK COUNTY, Md. — A basement fire trapped the father of Frederick County's chief fire mars hal in his house Sunday afternoon.Two ...
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The Associated PressRENO, Nev. — Investigators said the pilot of a medical helicopter issued a mayday moments before the aircraft crashed into a hilly area north of Reno near ...
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By William McCall and Dan Elliott The Associated PressPORTLAND, Ore. — At least one person was killed and 15 others were injured, some critically, when a van carrying mostly ...
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By Matthew Bowers The Virginian-PilotPORTSMOUTH, Va. — The woman weighed as much as 1,000 pounds, and that required a special blend of creativity and muscle from the city ...
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