UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: July 31, 2012

(Date of earliest event reported)

UNIVERSAL HOSPITAL SERVICES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number: 000-20086

6625 West 78th Street, Suite 300

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55439-2604

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

952-893-3200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

7700 France Avenue South, Suite 275

Edina, Minnesota 55435-5228

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01.                                        Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

(a)                                 On July 31, 2012, Universal Hospital Services, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Bank of America, N.A., as agent for the lenders, and the lenders party thereto (the “Second Amended Credit Agreement”), which amended the senior secured credit facility originally dated as of May 31, 2007 and amended and restated as of May 6, 2010.  The amendment increased the aggregate amount the Company may obtain under revolving loans from $195.0 million to $235.0 million and extended the maturity date to the earliest of (i) July 30, 2017, (ii) 90 days prior to the maturity of the Second Lien Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2015 or (iii) 90 days prior to the maturity of the 7.625% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2020.  The Company’s obligations under the Second Amended Credit Agreement are secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all of the Company’s assets, excluding a pledge of its and Parent’s stock, any joint ventures and certain other exceptions.  The Company’s obligations under the Second Amended Credit Agreement are unconditionally guaranteed by the Company’s parent, UHS Holdco, Inc. and the Company’s restricted subsidiaries.

Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits

Exhibit 10.1 — Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2012, among Universal Hospital Services, Inc., UHS Holdco, Inc., the lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent, Barclays Bank PLC and Royal Bank of Canada as co-syndication agents and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Bank PLC and RBC Capital Markets as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Universal Hospital Services, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

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