SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — Balentine Ambulance Service recently implemented the Stryker Power-LOAD system into all of its vehicles serving northwest Louisiana. The company is the first privately owned ...

Centre Co., PA (WJAC) — The Mountain Top Fire Company ambulance service has a brand-new stretcher in use thanks to a $37,000 grant. The "Stryker Power Pro 2 cot" replaces an older cot that was ...

The electric 'stryker' stretcher is hands-free, so medics can focus on the giving care to the patient. 'It's safer for the patient and provider,' Carmie Elmore of Stryker Medical remarked.

Little said that the new equipment would cost about $15,000. “The [Stryker Power-LOAD] uses hydraulics to lift the patient and the stretcher into the back of the ambulance,” said Little.

The new vehicle, a 2019 Ford Braun Liberty ambulance with a Stryker Power-LOAD system, cost $224,230 and was purchased through the Luzerne County COVID-19 Relief Block Grant Program funded by the ...

Instead, the EMT changes the height of the stretcher to ensure a smooth transfer in the emergency room. Squad members took the power lift for a "test drive" with Stryker representatives last winter.

The Stryker Power-PRO XT powered stretcher dramatically reduces strenuous lifting and the associated risk of back injury to EMTs and paramedics. The stretcher features a battery powered hydraulic ...