Although the Wanaque First Aid Squad is often called upon to assist residents who’ve suffered an injury, its members now have a new tool designed to prevent them from hurting themselves in the process ...

ROXBURY (CBS) - The obesity problem in America has been creating some unique challenges for emergency workers, as some patients they are trying to save are too large for the emergency equipment.

DENVER, Oct. 11, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Air Methods Corporation (Nasdaq:AIRM) announced today its Products Division has unveiled the new EZ Lift 1300 wheeled patient stretcher at the annual Air ...

“It saves our backs a lot,” Vesce said about stretchers that created an occupational hazard for paramedics. “Over a 25-year career of lifting a 250-pound person six or seven times a day, it’s good for ...

Each week, EMT's respond to 911 calls and find patients who can be tough to transport - weighing more than 500 pounds. Three months ago, Nashville's Fire Department installed 14 hydraulic stretchers ...

Moving from manual to powered stretchers could reduce the number of injuries to paramedics by 78 per cent, a study has found. The study found that paramedics who had access to stretchers with a ...

If data gathered by Canada's Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is anything to go by, paramedics experience more job-related injuries than workers in any other sector. This is mostly due to ...