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Over the past few weeks I've watched quite a few episodes of the British TV show Ambulance on YouTube.
On the TV show I rarely see patients carried out of their homes on stretchers. Instead, nearly every time the patient is walked to the ambulance or strapped on to a stair chair-like chair with four wheels.
During my active years in EMS we always lugged in the stretcher. Up stairs, through doorways, and into tiny rooms.
I see that Stryker's recent model stair chairs come standard with four wheels and tracks. Is anyone using them? Why don't we use something similar in the United States?
On the TV show I rarely see patients carried out of their homes on stretchers. Instead, nearly every time the patient is walked to the ambulance or strapped on to a stair chair-like chair with four wheels.
During my active years in EMS we always lugged in the stretcher. Up stairs, through doorways, and into tiny rooms.
I see that Stryker's recent model stair chairs come standard with four wheels and tracks. Is anyone using them? Why don't we use something similar in the United States?