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I'm sorry to hear that. I was injured on calls before and Workman's Comp is terrible! I wish you all the best with that.

I'm very fortunate that my volunteer squad does not hesitate to call the fire department for lift assists. I love my fire department for all the help that they give us in that area. The paid squads I work for won't call out for lift assists unless the patient is insanely heavy.

I was able to do a lift test with the stretcher yesterday and found that I can lift a 180 lb patient. Part of the problem was that I was always going for the head end of the stretcher and I'm too short to get that weight to loading height. When I moved to the foot end, it could lift the weight...

Thank you for the advice. I started with the dumbbells partly because I'm nervous about working the weight bar and partly because I cannot afford the gym membership at the moment. I'm certainly not offended to hear that almost everyone can lift more than me, that's reality at the moment. And...

The reeves are a bunch of wooden boards that run from the head to the foot and are wrapped in plastic. We roll patients onto them to move them up and down stairs or to go from ground to stretcher. Ground to stretcher, my max patient weight seems to be between 180-200. Stretcher to loading...

I've recently starting working with an agency that runs 2-person crews. I quickly realized that my lifting ability was a weakness of mine and I'm looking for advice at how to get stronger and more proficient as quickly as possible. Also, what is reasonably expected in terms of physical lifting...