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Spineboard Immobilizes Large Accident Victims
RescuePad accommodates larger accident victims
because it is wider than other boards and has extremely
rigid cross-sectional corrugation!
Rescuers frequently complain that
larger patients are difficult to transport on standard spineboards.
RescuePad is engineered to accommodate heavy-set
patients.
Not only is RescuePad Spineboard more rigid than competing
boards but it is also is wider than traditional boards: 18 inches at
the head end, tapering to 14 inches at the foot end and a full 74
inches long.
Many patients are
increasingly more obese
U.S. Obesity Trends
(Percent of population obese by state)
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