title: Transporting patients down stairs: feetfirst or headfirst on the stretcher?
authors.affiliation: American College of Prehospital Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dernocoeur
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Meade
mesh_terms: D001107:Architectural Accessibility; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D017770:Lifting; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology; D011187:Posture; D017751:Safety Management; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States