Does anyone remember using this

[Kavsuvb]

A true back breaker.

 

[Akulahawk]

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A true back breaker.

Do I recall that? Yes. Have I ever had to use one? No. Thankfully no.

 

[FiremanMike]

We had the ferno chair/cots when I started

 

[NomadicMedic]

Yes. Used them in the 80s and 90s.

 

[mgr22]

We used them. Sometimes we'd leave it on the rig and lift patients into the back with a stair chair. That turned out to be strikingly stupid, especially for the top guy tugging on those top handles while bent at the waist.

 

[FiremanMike]

We used them. Sometimes we'd leave it on the rig and lift patients into the back with a stair chair. That turned out to be strikingly stupid, especially for the top guy tugging on those top handles while bent at the waist.

The power load cots were such a game changer..

 

[DrParasite]

Yep. my mom's EMS agency used them, as late as the early 2000s, before (finally) upgrading to power cots. They also had 4 people on a crew for a reason.

 

[cruiseforever]

Started my career with them.

 

[akflightmedic]

I tried making a baby on one a few times.

 

[E tank]

I tried making a baby on one a few times.

yeah...need another person for that...

 

[akflightmedic]

yeah...need another person for that...

She was 3rd rider, my buddy was driving.....young and dumb we all were.

 

[DrParasite]

She was 3rd rider, my buddy was driving.....young and dumb we all were.

let's be honest... we were all young and dumb once back in the day, and did a lot of stuff that, looking back, wasn't that smart.

but it sure was fun

 

[johnrsemt]

Most of us did dumb stuff back in the day, that would get us fired now