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One for the Road: Career-saving EMS techniques for lifting your patients

Lifting a patient can be completely uneventful or it can make you a viral internet star

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Editor鈥檚 Note: Now playing on 草莓影视 鈥 鈥淥ne for the Road,鈥 featuring Steve Whitehead and sponsored by . Whether it鈥檚 street-smart tips on what to carry in your cargo pocket, or what to do when you make a mistake in the field, bookmark the series today for a great way to brush up on the essentials all medics need to know twice a month.

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Have you ever watched any of those YouTube compilations of EMT鈥檚 and paramedics lifting and then dropping patients? Me too. Lifting a patient can be completely uneventful or it can make you a viral internet star. Career-saving EMS techniques for lifting your patients will keep you off the interwebs on this episode of One For The Road!

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Now playing on 草莓影视 鈥 One for the Road, featuring Steve Whitehead and sponsored by Hartwell Medical. Whether it鈥檚 street-smart tips on what to carry in your cargo pocket, or what to do when you make a mistake in the field, this twice-monthly series is a great way to brush up on the essentials all medics need to know. Watch One for the Road.

Steve Whitehead, NRP, is a firefighter/paramedic and EMS instructor with the South Metro Fire Rescue Authority in Lone Tree, Colorado; and creator of the blog, The EMT Spot.