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In this Training Minutes video, Paul DeBartolomeo and company demonstrate a method for removing a patient pinned under a railcar using cribbing, air bags, and a strut. Among other things, they discuss identifying the adequate air bag and point for the lift, constructing a viable lift stack, and determining how much weight is going to be lifted.

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