Every four years in June a peculiar epidemic bursts into the worldview. Healthy young men, most with an elite level of physical fitness, are suddenly stricken down. The victims drop to the ground at ...

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 ...

Dr. Mark Gamber, Plano Fire-Rescue department's EMS medical director, poses for a portrait with one of the department's backboards at the Plano Fire Department Station 12 in Plano. The Plano ...

With a breakthrough, patented design, EZ LIFT Rescue Systems™ reinvents the traditional backboard to make lifting safer and reduce on-the-job back injuries. This unique design uses extendable handles ...

The teacher, Richard A. Caschera III, in response to the Woods’ suit, claimed he was conducting a training exercise in his ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Wichita-Sedgwick County Emergency Medical Services System is no longer keeping patients on long spineboards when transporting them to the hospital, officials say. The change was prompted by ...

Junkin Safety Appliance Company has developed a folding spine board with a dozen large hand holds for easy handling. The product is made from rugged, bright yellow polyethylene and has built in ...