Ambulance for the fat a Calgary first!

Calgary paramedics are now driving the first ambulance in Canada specifically designed for fat patients.

The ambulance can accommodate people weighing up to 1,000 pounds, so obese patients don't have to be reluctant about calling for medical help, said Grant Theirren, the superintendent of special operations for Emergency Medical Services.

"We encourage everybody to call 911 regardless of their weight and situation," he said. "We have the tools to make things easier, to keep patient dignity, and offer them the professional service that every other patient has exposure to."

The upgrades to the ambulance include a specially designed air mattress that is inflated beneath the patient, making transfer to a widened stretcher easier and safer. A remote lift system then gently raises the stretcher into the ambulance.

Paul Lapointe, a public education officer with EMS, said the ambulance, refitted at a cost of $30,000, should cut down injuries among paramedics transferring obese patients.

Your "get the forklift" scribe;
Allan W Janssen

Allan W Janssen is the author of The Plain Truth About God-101 (what the church doesn't want you to know!) www.God-101.com

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(By the way these two were both dead within a week of this picture being taken. He had a massive heart attack and she pulled a Mamma Cass!)

A one - and - a two!

This does not bode well for North American society where the majority of us are now obese!

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight middle-aged adults tend to score more poorly on tests of memory, attention and learning ability than their thinner peers do, researchers reported Monday.

The findings, they say, suggest that a heavier weight in middle age may mean a higher risk of dementia later in life.

Reporting in the journal Neurology, the researchers speculate that higher rates of cardiovascular disease or diabetes might help explain the link. But it's also possible that substances produced by fat cells, such as the hormone leptin, have direct effects on the brain.

Brings to mind a quote from the movie "Animal House" where Dean Wormer says to Flounder; "Drunk, fat and stupid is no way to go through life son!"

Of course this was about the same time they came out with the phrase "Sex and drugs and rock and roll!" .............. Stupid me thought they were serious and I did my best to keep the faith!

Your exercise twice a day now scribe;
Allan W Janssen