What's inside your Procar?

Inside my Suburban is:

E&J Resuscitator
Coastal portable EKG monitor (pen type)
EOA airway
Mechanical CPR device aka "Thumper"
Aid Bag
Bed pan
Thomas Half Ring splint
O2 bottle

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Inside my Criterion.
 

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There are still SOME funeral directors that wont use a mini van for removals and still use a backup coach for this duty. What then, would be proper equipment if your coach was set up for "service car duty"?
 
Cot cups (like Josh said) or a cot bar. In addition to the mortuary cot, a home I worked for had a folding stretcher, shroud kits, gloves, masks, a heavy duty body bag, toe tags, and a cot cover. The cot cover was some sort of velveteen material, dark green, with the FH name embroidered on it.
 
My dad is one of those funeral directors who still uses his hearse for local removals. House calls, nursing home calls; even pulls into the emergency garage at the local hospital with it. Says he has had more positive feedback resulting from the "respect" factor, so he'll keep using it. While he got his start in funeral service working for funeral homes that believed in using a hearse for removals, he has kept up the practice over the years, even as colleagues have switched to minivans.

If you talk to my dad about this, he will explain that countless times over the years, right up to now, many families have accompanied him out to the vehicle. Often, someone will comment how glad they are that he brought the hearse. The nursing homes in my hometown have now adopted a new program of "ceremoniously" escorting a deceased resident from the facility. This involves prayer, the placement of a special quilt over the cot, and participation by staff and family. They actually prefer that the funeral home bring a hearse.

So, having grown up around my dad's funeral home where standard protocol was to use the hearse on removals, the only "extra" thing we really needed was something to protect the rear floor when the cot was rolled in. We used a color-coordinated piece of carpet remnant. Our rule was - and still is today - NEVER put a cot into the back of a hearse without something to protect the floor, hardware, and rear bumper.
 
Mine Are Buck Nekid Right Now

At the end of last years season I emptied every car for inventory and cleaning. My thought was I would work all winter on a detailed cleaning of the interiors and equipment. I have not got one thing cleaned all winter. Doh!:cry:
 
Hey Rick...that's pretty interesting. Just think of it as "treasures". Good luck with the project.

Bill
 
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