Use of the Airstretcher with dragging may reduce rescuers’ physical burden when transporting patients down stairs

• Yutaka Takei ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: yutaka-takei@nuhw.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Emergency Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7992-0077

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• Eiji Sakaguchi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Prehospital Emergency Medical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Koichi Sasaki,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Prehospital Emergency Medical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Yoko Tomoyasu,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Prehospital Emergency Medical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Kouji Yamamoto,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Prehospital Emergency Medical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Yasuharu Yasuda

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Prehospital Emergency Medical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Hiroshima, Japan

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