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Archive > December, 2004 Vol. V, No. 12

Thinking of Buying...Patient-handling Equipment

Transferring and transporting patients doesn't have to be a pain in the back. These devices can help.

Scotty Farris

How many times have you tried to move a large patient - from an OR table to a stretcher, from a stretcher to a recovery bed - and winced in pain? You might have woken up the next morning with tightness or pain and had to pop a couple aspirin to make it through another rough surgical day. Maybe you couldn't even make it to work, or you had to take a trip to the doctor.

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