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  • Ambulances and the obese

    I have put over 30 years in the fire servics/EMS I have found tha the extremely obese do present a problem. Normally an ambulance crew is 2 EMT/Paramedics. If they cannot lift the patient in most juristictions they do not call for another ambulance; they request assistiance from the local fire department. No matter if the department is Career ...
    Posted to Human Nature by butchpfd on October 25, 2009