Jumping the gun here guys. Firstly what is his medical condition?
Obviously it's not on the restricted list, or he wouldn't be there.

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On Feb 22, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Dennis Hunt <dennis.hunt@...> wrote:

> HI Mike
> We have all probably come across an individual who was grossly overweight. I
had a patient that weigh in at 325 pounds - luckily he was self ambulatory with
his dislocated shoulder.
> About the only thing that you can do is verbablly (or better yet placed in
writing) your concerns for this individuals health and risk factors and attempt
to have him remove from the rig/vessel. He may have passed his medical physical
but clearly their were unlying issues that were not probably address. In the
end, he is on board and he is now your problem unless you can get him off.
Preventive medicine is a lot easier to deal with than an actual emergency.
> Hope this helps.
> Cheers
> Dennis
>
> --- On Wed, 2/22/12, Mike <ecp2211@...> wrote:
>
> From: Mike <ecp2211@...>
> Subject: [Remotemedics.co.uk] Bariatric stretcher/patient
> To: RemoteSupportMedics@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 6:39 AM
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
> Pick your brains if I may.
>
> Vessel sailing in a few day for a 2 week project on a supporting a rig.
>
> New member of the rig team arrived which exceeds 140kg and I have placed in a
high risk stratification category due to underlying medical condition.
>
> Trying to plan a potential evac plan from vessel to platform or one level f
platform to helideck I realise that my Paraguard and Neil Robertson isn't man
enough for the job. Although the weight limit for the Paraguard is either 136kg
(http://www.paraguardstretcher.com/) or 181kg
(http://www.tepi.co/userfiles/camilla%20pdf.pdf)depending on which information
you read - it's the circumference which is an issue.
>
> Have you come across this problem before and if so how have you got around it
(as it were)?
>
> cheers
>
> Pond Life
>
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