EMT back injuries declining, still problematic

By Caleb Fort
The Morning News

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — As a young firefighter and paramedic in Springdale, Bentonville Fire Chief Dan White was stretching when he felt a little pull in his back.

Later that day, he was moving a patient off a couch when his back suffered a spasm.

That injury, relatively common among emergency medical service workers, led to occasional back problems for years, White said. Pulling a gallon of milk out of the fridge once threw his back.

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