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 ...

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 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 ...

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.