davesseasonal06
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So I work for a private emergent transport company. It seems that whenever I don't put myself available for night shifts, they throw me on the bari truck for day shifts. I wouldn't even mind but our bariatric trucks and equipment isn't nearly as nice as our regular BLS trucks (most of which are only 3-5 years old). All of our bari trucks are old and beaten up. Not to mention our old electric fernos with the bari conversion kit (not even real bari stretchers) with no lift system and only 2 man crews. On top of that we go all over the state where as our normal rigs stay in certain areas all day. Not to mention the back pain that comes with it. I know how to lift properly but transferring a 500lb man to the stretcher with only 1 other person isn't that easy.
So I would like to know
1. How can I get out of being on bariatric? (I'm friends with a doctor and a chiropractor, doctors note maybe?)
or
2. How can I convince our company to get proper and new bariatric equipment? (a lift, new stretchers, hell some new trucks that aren't 10+ years old)
So I would like to know
1. How can I get out of being on bariatric? (I'm friends with a doctor and a chiropractor, doctors note maybe?)
or
2. How can I convince our company to get proper and new bariatric equipment? (a lift, new stretchers, hell some new trucks that aren't 10+ years old)