Safer - More Functional Ambulance Design

[Richard B the EMT]

Thank you for the posting of the pictures.

I have never seen any ambulance in the US, as of my current experiences, with the "Nurse-catcher" netting, except through pictures.

[mobey]

Thank you for the posting of the pictures.

I have never seen any ambulance in the US, as of my current experiences, with the "Nurse-catcher" netting, except through pictures.

Hahaha @ nurse catcher

This is a Demers prototype used by Calgary EMS here in Ab. The reviews varied, but overall I don't think anyone felt too strongly either way.

[Richard B the EMT]

Don't worry about the name for the cargo netting that I used. I had to ask what a nurse catcher was a while back, on this very forum! I wasn't ridiculed (too much!).

[Chief1C]

I didn't see the pictures, before I registered on the other site..

It can only carry one patient? That wouldn't work here. We need to be able to carry two, stretchered (or flat). Mutual aid isn't always a certainty, which is why it'd be nice to carry one or two more, hanging. I don't know about four, but three would be helpful. We're limited to three ambulances most of the time.

[WolfmanHarris]

From their latest ads, Crestline is building ones similar to that Calgary Ambulance. They're awful at updating their site though so I have no pictures of it. I'd be interested in getting a closer look at that design and see how well it works.

[Arizonaffcep]

Let's start with a more secure system for mounting cots. I'm sure most of us have seen the videos where the cot launches right into the 911 seat.

No...I don't know/haven't seen it. From the crashes around here...the cot's the safest place.

[Arizonaffcep]

That's a cool looking ambo! What chassie is it on? Also, how many patients can it hold?

[mobey]

That's a cool looking ambo! What chassie is it on? Also, how many patients can it hold?

Although it does not say.... I am 90% sure it is an F-350.... maybe a 450, but I doubt it.

One patient on stretcher, and I guess one on airway seat in a mass casualty scene,

[CBEMT]

No...I don't know/haven't seen it. From the crashes around here...the cot's the safest place.

[JPINFV]

As a side question about strap location. Based on this video (

), would it be better to put the side straps down around the stomach or hips instead of around the chest? I think this would provide better restraint to prevent the patient from going off the top of the stretcher.