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New tool saves paramedics’ backs

By JUSTIN FOSS
KIMT News

MASON CITY, Iowa — Being a paramedic can wreak havoc on your back, but not anymore for life-savers in one part of our area.

The newest strecher for the West Hancock Ambulance Service, centered in Britt is working wonders.

The stretcher can carry folks up to seven-hundred pounds, and best of all, it has a battery operated pump that lifts the patient up....that means no more heavy lifts.

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