Are Memphians Too Big For Their Ambulances?

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There has been so much demand for the city’s first bariatric ambulance, equipped with special stretchers and hoists for obese patients, that the Memphis Fire Department is considering adding another to its fleet.

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UnoHoo - 9/24/2012 8:05 PM

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Maybe that's a way of nature 'self correcting'.

citykitty - 9/24/2012 5:17 AM

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With such a high proportion of the population of the USA being obese, all of the ambulance units should have a higher weight capacity, just to cover their tails from a lawsuit if they drop and injure a patient. From what I've seen, there should be a re-design of the ambulance/stretcher setup, since one of the problems is dead-lifting the stretcher up into the ambulance--maybe a ramp to roll the patient up into the ambulance? Just sayin'.