Witmer Public Safety Group used FDIC in Indianapolis to throw open the doors of its newest entity, the theEMSstore. Sister to TheFireStore, this was launched in answer to frequent ...
By Mary Ann Thomas Pittsburgh Tribune Review PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Emergency workers had to cut a hole in the side of house on Manchester Hill Road to free a 600-pound man who ...
By Jason Sweeney Contra Costa Times LIVERMORE, Calif. — A morbidly obese Livermore man who became a YouTube sensation was loaded into an oversized ambulance Sunday and taken ...
EMS Today 2012 in Baltimore this weekend was an astounding event. More than two dozen brand new products and companies were exhibiting. This was the 30th year of EMS Today, and ...
Americans have been putting on weight in the past 30 years. So too have many EMS providers. This has created a near perfect storm. The patients are getting heavier while in ...
By Sarah M. Smart EMS1 Assistant EditorHave you ever passed a call or lost crucial minutes waiting for another unit because your ambulance didn't have a bariatric stretcher? Or ...
By Steve Bagnall Daily Post LIVERPOOL, WALES — The Welsh Ambulance Service has spent pounds 4.5m (about $7.2M dollars) on equipment to cope with obese patients in the last ...
By Rick Romell Milwaukee Journal SentinelWAUKESHA COUNTY, Wis. — A receiver will sell off the assets of a debt-burdened and now-shuttered Mukwonago company that made and sold ...
The Press AssociationLONDON — Ambulance fleets across the country, including London, are being revamped with wider stretchers and lifting gear to cope with the increasing ...
By Melissa Martin Winnipeg Free PressWINNIPEG, Canada — The doors are 10 centimetres taller than normal, the body of the vehicle is about 15 centimetres wider. But the city's ...
The TelegraphCROYDON, England — The rescuers — who estimated the patient weighed up to 60 stone — had to return the next day with specialist lifting gear to haul ...
Detroit Free PressDETROIT —The growing waistlines of patients have prompted some metro Detroit communities and an ambulance service to buy or look into motorized stretchers ...
By Craig Peters The Herald-JournalSPARTANBURG, S.C. — Paramedics rely on training to build their knowledge and skills, but they use equipment to get patients where they need ...
By Jessica M. Karmasek Charleston Daily MailCHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County official is saying no to the idea of ambulance companies charging extra fees for obese ...
Move to modify ambulances is just the latest effort to accommodate plus-sized patients ...
By Amber Smith The Post-StandardSYRACUSE, N.Y. — Not too many years ago, obese patients needing an ambulance ride to the hospital were a rarity. Today, paramedics care for ...
We have all had our fair share of obese patients; however, you are battling risks of falling into the obese category as well. of this, your risk of injury, falls, and medical ...
By Doug Harris The Dayton Daily NewsDAYTON, Ohio — Emergency squads are making calls on more super obese people than ever, many weighing in excess of 800 pounds. And for the ...
By Sara Shepherd The McClatchy/Tribune INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Ambulances are transporting more supersize patients than ever — several a day, including some as large as 800 ...
The Topeka Capital-JournalTOPEKA, Kan. — If you weigh more than 350 pounds or are a critical care patient, prepare to pay an especially hefty price for a ride in an American ...
