Dr. Mark Gamber, Plano Fire-Rescue’s EMS medical director, says that in some cases, such as those involving gunshot or stab wounds, backboards can do more harm than good. Rose Baca - Staff ...

Backboards have been a central tool for Plano Fire-Rescue over the last 30 years. EMS physicians use them to help lift patients off the ground, carry them to ambulances and keep them immobile during ...

SANDY, Utah – Fifty percent of all firefighting injuries are caused — not by smoke inhalation or burns — but by strains, sprains and muscular pains. The Sandy Fire Department is looking to do ...

For some patients, getting a ride to the hospital from Palm Beach County Fire Rescue used to be more painful than whatever put the person in the ambulance. Before Sept. 1, standard operating procedure ...

MCHD officials estimate about 350 to 400 backboards have gone missing from EMS ambulances and may be with other first responder agencies and private ambulance services. Montgomery County Hospital ...

Some solutions are just no-brainers. Take medical backboards, for example, those hard plastic boards used to stabilize patients during emergencies before the patient is lifted onto the gurney and ...

It happens every day: paramedics rush out the door to a waiting ambulance to help someone in need - often loading them on a backboard and bringing them back to an area hospital. But the trip for this ...