Major back strains and blown out knees are just two examples of injuries that firefighters and paramedics suffer while trying to lift morbidly obese patients onto a cot and then into an ambulance.

The Rock Island Fire Department has donated a power cot and stair chair to the EMS program at Black Hawk College. This is according to officials with the community college. "Thanks to the Rock Island ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Oldham County EMS says it made a big investment in the safety of its patients. These power cots are now installed in all nine of its ambulances. They cost more than $500,000 ...

PEA RIDGE -- The City Council approved the Fire Department's use of its annual Arkansas Trauma grants to buy a Stryker load system for the cot for the ambulance at the Council meeting May 18.

KALAMAZOO – One of Kalamazoo's largest companies is making a big connection with one of the area's most in-demand service companies. Medical products maker Stryker Corp. will deliver 26 of its newest ...

To help protect emergency responders from injuries, the Marysville Fire Department has purchased its second power-assisted ambulance cot in nine months. The cot is designed to lift much of the load ...

– Picture an older house in rural Berrien County. It is woodframe with narrow hallways and narrow stairs, and its interior doorways are a lot tighter than the 32-inch-wide frames at your house. Now ...

SPRINGDALE -- The Fire Department is a step closer to obtaining equipment that will alleviate EMT back strain when responding to emergencies. A committee of the City Council unanimously recommended ...

Middletown will buy new equipment for emergency medial personnel with some of the federal CARES Act funding for coronavirus aid it has received. The city will buy the new power load cot system and ...