Bariatric Transports

[johnrsemtp]

the article was in JEMS magazine approx 3-4 years ago.

even with the large cot we still get a few people hurt every year, having to lift them from bed to cot, or floor to cot, or the cot doesn't fit into the house.

and the metro FD here won't respond unless they deem it a true medical emergency. I have had them refuse to help with difficulty breathing, but they will call us for the cot and our manpower for emergent and non emergent patients.

[EmergencyMedicalTigger]

Why do the patients who weigh 400lbs+ always seem to live in the tallest beach house with the steepest steps 15 feet off the ground?

[johnrsemtp]

the article on our cot was in JEMS, January 2002. "Caring for Karen"

[Nate]

We have a "big boy" ambulance, and a "big boy" cot, and it takes forever for this truck to get here (since it is never where you need it. Some days I wish I got paid by the ton.