As I discussed in another forum, this is a frivolous law suit. Albeit, the EMS should not had broke down, there is no way to fly such weighted person. Next thing we will have to start dispatching Sky Crane to lift these mega persons. Thank Go, she had a gastric by-pass performed she was now down to > 300 pounds!
When I first started in EMS a person > 200 pounds was a big person. Now, we have stretchers that are weight tested to a TON ! Now, as I have been quoted ..." that is a lot of lettuce !"... I am by far not a skinny person, but that is my own fault (although I am loosing it) as it is as their own as well. The proverbial "thyroid" etc.. excuses is all it is, there are very FEW that have hypothyroidism; rather they have double jointed elbows that can shove that food in. I am sick and tired of lifting their fat arses and hear the whining of how hospitals don't accommodate them. *****ing and moaning that hospitals should have open CT scanners, double wide wheel chairs.. etc.. Sorry, it is called stop ingesting more than you burn off.. period.
Now, in this B.S. law suit, that is trying to make pity on that she would had probably died any way due injuries sustained in the MVC, As well as her MORBIDITY obesity (there is a reason they call it that) can cause more problems than the regular healthy patient, the same as comparing one with DM, COPD, etc... pre existing factors.
I hope the ambulance chasing lawyer has to bite the big one and pay out of his pocket if they dismiss this... As well as they family have to realize life is a b*tch: and it sucks sometimes grabbing an attorney immediately is not an answer!
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