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Old 14th Nov 2002, 00:30
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can't you sling them ?

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Old 14th Nov 2002, 03:37
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...or drag em'


Seriously, welcome to EMS in North America. The last 300lb+ individual I squeezed out of a lake in Northern Ontario was from the USA. He literally hung over the stretcher and it took all of 4 people to load him into the hovering machine and every percentage of TQ to get us flying.
No wonder their hearts are f#@ked when you look at the excess they carry around. I am off to Florida soon. Should be a good opportunity to get some whale watching in.....
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Old 16th Nov 2002, 12:40
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Steve,

You sure can type faster than you can think........having done the EMS bit myself.....I have haulled some folks that made the crews grunt while loading them....but I have haulled far more skinny folks with heart problems than morbidly obese people. Age is more a factor than stature. I suggest you get with your medical team and do a recap of your patient stats and you will see that is the truth.

Also, I might suggest, if you are going to Florida.....you might remember we appreciate you coming down....for the revenue you generate.....just please....take your Yankee ass back north when you run out of money and can no longer pay for the entrance fee to the alligator farms and snake shows.

By the way....you must be flying 206's and not 76's if the added weight of the patient makes the aircraft struggle off the ground....I assume that is what you meant.....unless of course you were born in "76" and thus are still a neophyte helicopter pilot.
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Truth hurts SAS.
No Yankee in this arse and I wonder how you came to that conclusion.
Steve76
PS: I have a very nice firm arse too (so my wife tells me ....) no burgers, fries and hydrogenated fat on this frame.
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