Extremely effective. One of my favorites

Our station needs one of these.

Great item to have on board any emergency vehicle. Can't think of a safer way to extricate a patient with potential spine injury from car wrecks or tight spaces. Just make sure you always check and recheck CMS....it'd be really easy to strap a person so tight they end up with compromised circulation. Great for peds rescue too!

with proper training can be a very valueable tool for EMS. My station has 6 BLS rigs and the fristfive rigs have two on each rig. The last one a van only has room for one.

I have been purchasing and using KED's for over 20 years. They are the best

havent used one before but looks like something we might check into.

very user friendly....steve-0

Great for use during a car accident, especially for the peds patients you may run into!

Great for stabilizing a pt in the car before taking them out. Just wish the pads were a little more flexible

These are great for removing patients in tight places, but the head pad is just about worthless, you are better off useing a towel.

My favorite use for the KED is as a hip splint...

I prefer the KED because the color coded straps make it easy and quick to apply , especially in life and death situations where the patient is critical and there is no time for guessing . They are better than standard short boards because it makes transfering the patient onto a longboard easy without compromising c-spine .

I really like the idea of how this product works and what it is supposed to do. Its easy to use and I really appreciate the colored straps, that makes thing a whole lot easier.

The only thing that I dont really care for in this device is the amount of time it can take to set up and the fact that there are very few circumstances in which it can be used.

All in all though, I really like the device and I reccomend that every station carry at the very least one with all of their powered extrication equipment

These are great immobilizers, however we don't use them that much because they take so much time to put on someone.

Great product! We use it a lot around here... However I think a mounted head buckle would be nice, since we lose the straps half the time... But yea, great product, but I think it's underused. It gets less credit than it should, especially for Hip Injuries.

We trained with it in our EMT class. Works great.

It is a handy devise. We use ours rarely but it is on our squad just in the chance we have to have it.

very usful tool to use

love it. more people should use it.

Very useful piece of equipment. Have used them on numerous accidents

it is great for all kinds of uses. works great with hip frac's or Pedi calls

One of the most under appreciated pieces of equipment there is. I don't understand why this device is so under utilized, it has so many great possibilites if you can "think outside the box".

We use these and they are great..They can be used for all kinds & sizes of patients..We carry them in all of our ambulances.

They are good to have. However in a stay and play position that is when they are useful Or Peds they are good there too. However It takes too long to assemble and apply. Most ppl when it is put away it is broken down. I prefer to have mine ready to use. But a backboard is quicker and faster.

Good to have good when you have a long extracation. not good when you need to get Pt out.

Great to have for auto extrication, however very usefull for other situations also. Used one just the other day to stabilize a fractured pelvis, worked great Doc's at ED were impressed to see it used that way.

great product can be used as spinal imobilization or hip.useful in mva crashes

Great Device!

a little time consuming but one of the quickest devices to use. you cant go wrong using this on mva's

Much easier than short board.Also great for splinting hip/pelvic fx.

Easily stored, not heavy to carry but exceptionally sturdy. It's awesome for tight extrication spots! Application is pretty much self-explanatory.

lightweight and easy to use in extrications

Excellent extrication tool we keep 2 of them on our ambulance.

GREAT! Awsome when being used to extricate out of a farming combine i personally havent found one that tops this but willin to find a better one

great sturdy device

This is 1 of the most amazing innovations in Fire & Rescue!!We have used ours twice and with no complaints from our PX's!!small....compact in the bag it's wonderful!!

it just a good tool to use makes the job easyer

Though we do not use the KED a lot, we train on it A LOT! This is a very handy item to have in your rescue arsenal.

It`s sure not the old "short boards" we had way back when. They are NOT just for auto extrication either. We use them on potential hip or pelvis fractures. Supports and immobilizes.

Not so much fun when it is put on you but works well on calls!!!

I have used this product several times and never had any issues with it and it is user freindly as I have had to train others on its application while putting aa person in it.