You still need 2 people for a 1 man stretcher

[LTNRFD 266]

Sometimes the old ways are still the best. Remember when it took 2 people to work a stretcher. Maybe this guy is too young to remember!!!

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[Guest]

Good thing it was the ME's office. At least the person didn't complain.

[ny10570 745]

Thats scary stuff when the patient is still alive. Had a kid assaulted. Fully immobilized and we were taking him to the bus when this jackass Lt pulled the side of the stretcher and pulled it right into a pot hole. Luckily we caught him at about a 45 degree angle. The massive crowd surrounding us (Fordham Rd in the Bronx at 4pm in the summer) did a movie like collective gasp. If he'd hit the ground it would have been lights out for us.

[WAS967 97]

It could be even worse: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bb5_1197533794

[dc2t 80]

It could be even worse: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bb5_1197533794

watch out for the flashover

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[firemoose827 324]

It IS scary. If I ever saw someone do that to MY family I would return the favor...over and over and over.

That one with the ambulance dumping the patient is TERRIBLE...how can that happen? How can you NOT secure the pt and close the doors?

Scary...

[Guest paramedico987]

Why, for the love of god, are we not all watching the INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO that comes with the stretcher when we start our careers and periodically thereafter.

Not only do I constantly see people using the stretcher inefficiently [risking injury to the users] but people keep wheeling the think head first while in the upright position! It was NEVER designed to do that safely, that's why there's a pull handle at the FEET ONLY.

Edited January 6, 2008 by paramedico987