Feb. 15—Ambulances in the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services are getting new stretchers and stair chairs this week to provide better patient and provider safety, Fire Chief Tom Coe ...

A portion of that funding from the Shapirio Administration has been awarded to EmergyCare, which plans to use the money to ...

CASSADAGA — Maintaining equipment and keeping all equipment up to date is one of the priorities of the Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department. Recently, the fire department purchased a Stryker ...

“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 ...

Moving from manual to powered stretchers could reduce the number of injuries to paramedics by 78 per cent, a University of Waterloo study has found. The study, published in Applied Ergonomics, found ...

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In an effort to further improve patient care and reduce lifting injuries, American Medical Response (AMR) has started a nationwide initiative to replace its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...