Another piece of gear designed to make it easier for the EMT is called the PowerTraxx chair. It is designed to get a patient weighing up to 500 pounds up a flight of stairs. All you do is lower the tracks and turn on the motor to climb the stairs. "There is a belief out there that you have to be Superman to do this job, what we have done is put the technology in this truck to show you just because we have done things one way for 40 years, that doesn't mean there isn't a better way," said Pieron.