All firefighter and emergency medical technician courses discuss lifting and moving patients with various methods and devices. Most of these methods are taught based on a patient location close to the ...

In combat zones and emergency rescues, rapid evacuation and treatment can mean the difference between life and death. But prolonged immobilization during transport poses another life-threatening risk: ...

You’ve seen it in the movies and on TV: Someone hurt in a car wreck is strapped to a rigid backboard and rushed to the hospital by ambulance or aboard a rescue helicopter. That’s how firefighters, ...