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Inside EMS Podcast: How can we minimize back injuries in EMS?

Our co-hosts discuss EMS back injuries and the use of equipment

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In this Inside EMS Podcast episode, co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss EMS back injuries and the use of equipment. Chris asks the question, “If an EMS agency supplies a variety of patient moving equipment, and an employee fails to use the equipment, should the agency be liable for the back injury?” Join the discussion and sound off in the comments.

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