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Use of the Airstretcher with dragging may reduce rescuers’ physical burden when transporting patients down stairs

Transporting patients down stairs by carrying is associated with a particularly high fall risk for patients and the occurrence of back pain among emergency medical technicians. The present study aimed to verify the effectiveness of the Airstretcher device, which was developed to reduce rescuers’ phy...

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Autores principales: Takei, Yutaka, Sakaguchi, Eiji, Sasaki, Koichi, Tomoyasu, Yoko, Yamamoto, Kouji, Yasuda, Yasuharu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9473625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36103565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274604