i should have started this on july 2, 2010 when my injury happened, but oh well here goes nothing. it happened at 1330 that day while on an emergency run in oak park. nothing special other than a fall that happened a couple hours previous with the person still on the floor. nothing life threatening other than the complaint of back and neck pain. the fall was due to a hypoglycemic incident and the person losing their balance. easily corrected with some D50. next comes the backboard part. after securing the body next is the head. we had a student with us so that was going to be his duty. i crouched down and had the oak park public safety officers lift the head end up onto my knees  so we could secure. this really shouldn't take that long since i was going step by step with the student but apparently there was some sort of mental block that prevented this. now time to carry the patient out 50-60 yards out to the cot which didn't fit in the house. we arrived at the e.r. without incident. while moving the patient from our cot to the hospital cot it happened. it was like being hit by a freight train in the back and i almost dropped the patient. i immediately knew something happened when i felt numbness from my lower back down my ass to the front of my right leg. i also had to be helped back into the rig to begin my medical odyssey which started at the emergency room since occ med was closed for the weekend.