Saving Philly gunshot victims starts outside the hospital door — with a heavy lift
When police bring patients to the ER by "scoop and run," lifting them from the car can be tricky. City trauma centers have worked to make it easier.
Emergency-room staff at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center practice a technique for lifting shooting victims from the back of a police car. Larger patients are lowered to a backboard on the ground, then lifted onto a waiting stretcher.Read moreIAN F. GLATTS
