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Advanced Technology Lift Assist Systems - Atlas, Sebastian L. Gnagy, Ismael A. Rangel, Giovani Rodriguez, Tyler J. Hooks

Mechanical Engineering

EMS personal work hard every day to save lives. A big part of the job is helping to lift people who are notinjured but have fallen and can’t get up by themselves. There are currently no procedures or tools that areconsistently used by EMS in this specific situation. This leads to the response often being ad hoc costing more time, resources, and manpower that can be vital if multiple emergencies happen at the same time. Along with this the job of lifting an individual that is overweight is no easy feat and is one of the primary factors that leads …