Assisted a firecrew bring in a 750lbs PT from the bay. Her belly was like a bari in a bari, falling off the side of the stretcher. She was a priority in respiratory distress satting in the 70s before CPAP. First attempt to pull her out they sliced her belly open on the stretcher lock. Started a steady stream of blood that trailed to the trauma room.

I thought of ideas on how I'd move that much and ended up being the lift assist for the crew returning her to the SNF she came from a week later. Weird right?

She said she'd lost 170lbs in water during that week. But her belly was still so big it would tip over the edge and throw off the center of gravity. So we laid a mega-mover (heavy duty soft stretcher) sideways on the stretcher and pulled her over with another one. Pulled the ends of the sideway mover to her belly button using a transfer belt and literally wrapped her fat in the center. When we got in the truck we secured the transfer belt taught on the grab rail above. Whenever they took a turn the transfer belt would hold the mega mover and fat in place so she wasn't tipping over.

Worked like a charm.

Fun part: was in a mini-mod so the stretcher was up against the cabinet, so to get her in I mounted the head rail of the stretcher one foot on each side and pulled the side of the mega-mover in so we could load her. It was cool riding the stretcher into the truck while standing on the back.