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TRAINING SEPTEMBER 2003
September 13th, 2003 Field Transportation & Lifting was run by Captain Bob Engler, Firefighter / Paramedic Kurt Mahoney and Firefighter / Paramedic Melissa Ziehl.

Due to their background in sports and massage therapy, Kurt & Melissa gave us a lot of helpful tips about heavy lifting as well as strengthening and stretching exercises. Lifting: use your leg muscles, not your back. Place your feet at shoulder length stance, toes outward. Keep your head up, and keep the weight close to your body.

Ok - Executive Board, now it’s your turn!!!

Ground level back boarding
Melissa demonstrates back boarding victim from an upright position, using Curlex as a 2nd strap

Transport victim head first going up …….

………and feet first going down