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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 Christian Boone The Atlanta Journal-Constitution FIVE POINTS, Ga. — A woman rescued from underneath a MARTA train at Five Points during Tuesday morning's rush hour was ...
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By StrykerIn 2002, 36 percent of all injuries suffered by Charleston County employees were strain-related injuries. The county’s Emergency Medical Service Department (EMS) ...
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By Stryker Herb Sellers, owner of 26-year old Century Ambulance, has seen a lot of action in his time. Before starting Century, he was a firefighter in Jacksonville, Florida. ...
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By Stryker As director of the Fairfield County, South Carolina EMS Department, Mike Tanner routinely balances the need to save lives with the demand to conserve expenses and meet ...
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By Stryker The Ambulance Transfer and Emergency Care Company, or A-TEC, has a winning philosophy: Give the customer the excellent service they deserve through honest estimated time ...
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By Stryker Based on the performance of the Stryker Stair-PRO, Charleston County EMS replaced 25 existing manual ambulance cots with the Stryker Power-PRO XT powered ambulance cots ...
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By Ashley Meeks The Las Cruces Sun-NewsLAS CRUCES, N.M. — A strong downdraft appears to be the cause of a single-engine plane crash in the low mountains along the Texas-New ...
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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 Scott M. Bruner FireRescue1 Product EditorEmergency responders who are looking for a way to be able to transport patients off the beaten path – or directly from a dusty, ...
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By Charles Krin There are many things to consider when looking to become a disaster volunteer, as I outlined in my previous article. This is also true if you're at the next stage ...
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CNN.comPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Her braids, dusty from the rubble around her, poked out from the small opening where she lay crying in pain, her right leg pinned under a heavy ...
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By Edith M. Lederer and John Heilprin The Associated PressUNITED NATIONS — The U.N. chief said 16 U.N. personnel were confirmed dead late Wednesday in the earthquake that ...
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By Alexander G. Higgins The Associated PressGENEVA — Roads full of hungry, homeless people. A ruined port and an overwhelmed airport. Hundreds of crumpled buildings and ...
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Firefighters are heading to Carribean island as part of Urban Search and Rescue units following catastrophic earthquake ...
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By Amy Moore The Beaumont EnterpriseBEAUMONT — Common sense suggests it's a bad idea to seek refuge in a Dumpster. But every so often, waste industry periodicals contain ...
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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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The efforts of first responders following the deadliest accident in the history of the D.C. Metro train system have been captured on tape ...
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By Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer The Virginian-PilotVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The reeds grow thick under the Pungo Ferry Bridge, and the marsh ground underneath them is soft and soggy ...
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By Dan WhiteMany stretchers of today are twice as strong as anything from the 1970s. A modern powered stretcher today can weigh almost 140 pounds and lift more than five times its ...
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