Supersize your patient: Canada gets ambulance suitable for 1,000-lb human
As waistlines expand in Canada, so, apparently, do the country's ambulances. Calgary has unveiled a new heavy-duty model designed to transport obese patients weighing up to 1,000 pounds. Standard ambulances, by comparison, are equipped to handle individuals weighing up to 350 pounds (which is also obese, last we checked, just not as much). The new ambulance will incorporate a lift system that will ease oversized patients into its rear compartment, which also accommodates a wider-than-normal stretcher. According to the AFP report, obese individuals now make up 20% of Canada's population. Calgary, in bringing this first-ever unit of its type for Canada into service, is simply adjusting to the reality of a heftier populace.[Source: AFP via Breitbart]
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Dave 7:16PM (6/25/2007)
He's just big-boned. ;)
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Stoneman 7:43PM (6/25/2007)
I lived in Calgary for over 4 years...I loved that city. I'll probably return one year to live there again... But for now I live on the east coast (Nova Scotia). Calgary has a booming population. This 20% population is not that big. There are not very many fat people like that around here. I have only seen 3-5 people who are even close to 500 pounds, and that is very rare. I myself am fairly fit and not too bad.
The Deerfoot highway kicks a$$ though. I love that road. Cops everywhere though. :(
Stoneman
http://www.stonemanautoreview.com
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Will 8:55PM (6/25/2007)
Holy tangent, Batman!
Err, yeah, I'll bet the scenery is great in Nova Scotia... And, umm, thanks for letting us know you're pretty fit. That's... good information... in a way... I guess...
Stoneman 9:02PM (6/25/2007)
No problem Will. Sometimes I just get chatty. :)
-S
Frick 1:14AM (6/26/2007)
uh... if u really lived in calgary you would have no love for deerfoot trail. It's horrible.
I've been on the east coast as well... rainiest hell hole ever....
Yeti 7:58AM (6/26/2007)
I agree with Frick...the deerfoot is a fucking death trap!
jim girten 1:02PM (7/18/2007)
God it strikes me as kinda sad but true. the reason you don't see any real obeese people is becuz they stay in. at 55 i know the heavier i get the less i go out--- i weigh over 180 lbs. and i am probably still gaining!!
James Sonne 8:15PM (6/25/2007)
This also has the distinct benefit of allowing less muscular people become EMTs.
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Drewboy 9:14PM (6/25/2007)
But who is going to get the obese person TO the ambulance lift in the first place?
jamesc 8:19PM (6/25/2007)
This is another sign of the unfolding apocalypse. Run like hell.
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stealth 8:44PM (6/25/2007)
i wanna see some pics of this beast
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stealth 8:46PM (6/25/2007)
any pics of this beast?
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g 8:54PM (6/25/2007)
the person or the car?
Rémi 9:26PM (6/25/2007)
Ambulance for ''patient'' up to 1000 pounds? Why?!? They are gona die in the year anyway.
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500 2:02AM (6/28/2007)
The taxpayers' money at work...
Barney 11:28PM (6/25/2007)
In Alberta, it's three meals with snacks in between and then you go home for a steak supper and beer.
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Barney 11:28PM (6/25/2007)
In Alberta, it's three meals with snacks in between and then you go home for a steak supper and beer.
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j 12:47AM (6/26/2007)
It's pronounced "Hambulance"
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Jorge 3:53AM (6/26/2007)
haha, i bet the united states needs more than one, its needs 1 for each state. lol just kidding
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JamesWB 7:44AM (6/26/2007)
Waste of money. Anyone that fat deserves to die.
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