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StatPacks Products Get Bigger, Sleeker

Atlanta – October 20, 2004 – One year after first introducing their products at the 2003 EMS Expo, StatPacks introduced several additions to their product line at this year’s show in Atlanta, Georgia. The new additions continue the company’s tradition of originating its best ideas in the field.

With the enormous Perfusion, StatPacks brings its philosophy of high-efficiency backpacks to the carry-all market. “There are clearly some applications for carry-all packs,” says founder Scott Nelson. “It depends on medical protocol. In rural areas you might respond to a home 30 or 40 miles from a hospital. If you get out there and the doctor says ‘skip the transport,’ then a fully-stocked Perfusion has what you need.”

Don’t confuse this with a duffle bag. The Perfusion is highly organized and ergonomic. “It’s the largest pack that we have, yet it’s very organized,” Nelson says. “It works like a base station. You lay that thing down flat and all the pockets flap out, and it’s like a total base station.”

The Perfusion rides comfortably as a backpack, but old-school hand-carriers can remove the padded shoulder straps and waist-belt, and use the fixed handle instead. “Backpacks are the most ergonomically correct way to carry your equipment, but there are still a lot of medics out there who like to carry stuff with their hands,” Nelson says. “And maybe when they use the Perfusion they’ll try out the shoulder strap and realize that really is a better way to carry your gear.”

StatPacks created the Medslinger in response to a very specific set of ergonomic specifications: the female body. "There were a lot of women who told us that shoulder-straps tend to dig into their breasts, and that gets very uncomfortable,” Nelson says. The single-strap sling-bag format gets around that problem, with a touch of style.

Based on the original sling bags worn by bike couriers in San Francisco and New York, the Medslinger also offers users quick access to the contents of their pack without removing it. “With it slung over your shoulder you’re still wearing it on your back, but when you need to access it you can just slide it around to the front,” Nelson says. “It’s a great way to meet the challenge of trying to design equipment that can fit everybody.”

In their second year of operations, StatPacks has expanded their product line in several areas, including multiple specialized transport solutions for EMS professionals. “A closer look at the innovations we’ve brought to this year’s products should expand people’s perceptions of what we do,” Nelson says. “There’s a lot more to StatPacks than just backpacks for paramedics.”

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