->     Does anyone, in any company or service use the new Rugged stretch
-> made by Stryker?  The big heavy yellow and black thing?  Our departme
-> had numerous crews try them out and evaluate them, and everyone
-> unanimously gave them the "thumbs down" for various reasons.   So bei
-> in touch with the people who have to use them, as usual, the departme
-> went ahead and bought them anyway.
->     Does anyone like working with them?  I've been working with the o
-> Ferno aluminum stretchers for years, and my back has never ached like
-> does now.
->     Yet another "advancement" for EMS workers everywhere!  lucky us!
 
Those nice new perty yella stretchers aren't worth the material they're
made from.  A local EMS company here in Grand Rapids uses them, why I
don't know, but they seem to have gotten around.  
 
Thom Riley EMT-P
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