Bariatric emergencies

[mariomike]

That they are...because of the difficulty transporting them emergently. If they're in need of ALS care or greater, an ALS paramedic or critical care RT goes as medical escort.

Does the City of Winnipeg Paramedic Service operate bariatric ambulances?

Without lights and sirens, and not being part of the 9-1-1 system, the private pink "Technical Transport" vehicle would be OK for non-emergency transfers.

Flashback of memories of bariatrics collapsed in the basement washroom of bars and restaurants.

Why are so many Toronto restaurant toilets in dingy basements?
Many bathrooms in Toronto establishments are tucked underground, hindering accessibility

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/restaurant-bathroom-basement-accessibility-9.7197001

 

[medicineman]

Pretty sure they do, just never actually seen one identified as such.

 

[mariomike]

The Toronto Paramedic Bariatric ambulance looks sort of familiar.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Are we getting so fat that we need new ambulances ?

Jesus H Christ! Bring back Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod for pete'sake.

Less gender studies; more gym class please.

Eat less, move more people.

 

[mariomike]

Eat less, move more people.

That's great advice .

Until then , targeted ambulance Response Time in our town for CTAS 1 (Resuscitation / Life-Threatening) 9-1-1 calls is within 8 minutes .

How long should a CTAS 1 patient wait for a bariatric ambulance?

 

[Halifax Tar]

How long should a CTAS 1 patient wait for a bariatric ambulance?

If they care so little for their own health why should we ?

 

[mariomike]

If they care so little for their own health why should we ?

Maybe helping others is important to readers. Maybe it's not. That's for them to decide.

Is obesity considered a Disability?

If so, it may be a Human Rights issue for the City.

Not a lawyer . Just an uneducated guess.

Whatever anyone's personal opinion , then or now, the calls got done. All the calls.

For purely selfish reasons, I cared about myself . Like avoiding a career ending - life altering back injury from a bad lift.

Those new bariatric units would have made our job easier.

 

[Good2Golf]

That's great advice .

Until then , targeted ambulance Response Time in our town for CTAS 1 (Resuscitation / Life-Threatening) 9-1-1 calls is within 8 minutes .

How long should a CTAS 1 patient wait for a bariatric ambulance?

X times the standard deviation for response times, where X is the ratio of patient’s weight to the mean weight of TEMS ambulance patients in recent years.

 

[mariomike]

X times the standard deviation for response times, where X is the ratio of patient’s weight to the mean weight of TEMS ambulance patients in recent years.

That's brilliant.

Haven't done a lift myself in a long time. But, back in 2016, the correct answer was,

the average response time for a bariatric call is about one hour.

EXCLUSIVE: Ambulance shortage leaves man in street for over an hour with broken leg

Imagine lying on the road in agony, your leg snapped in two, waiting for an ambulance to rush you to the hospital and it takes over an hour for that ambulance to arrive. That’s what happened to William Thom three weeks ago when his scooter tipped over on top of him on Dufferin Street near […]

toronto.citynews.ca

Perhaps with these two new units they can do better than that.

 

[lenaitch]

That's great advice .

Until then , targeted ambulance Response Time in our town for CTAS 1 (Resuscitation / Life-Threatening) 9-1-1 calls is within 8 minutes .

How long should a CTAS 1 patient wait for a bariatric ambulance?

And that's in a large city. I couldn't find any information on the level of bariatric services from the other 55 land ambulance services in Ontario, but suspect it is very, very low. Several private patient transfer services advertise that they offer bariatric service.

 

[Blackadder1916]

That's brilliant.

Haven't done a lift myself in a long time. But, back in 2016, the correct answer was,

EXCLUSIVE: Ambulance shortage leaves man in street for over an hour with broken leg

Imagine lying on the road in agony, your leg snapped in two, waiting for an ambulance to rush you to the hospital and it takes over an hour for that ambulance to arrive. That’s what happened to William Thom three weeks ago when his scooter tipped over on top of him on Dufferin Street near […]

toronto.citynews.ca

Perhaps with these two new units they can do better than that.

I know I should have sympathy for a man lying in the street in agony but a certain image intrudes . . .

. . . when his scooter tipped over on top of him . . . patients who are over 350 pounds . . .