Exhibit 10.2



UNIVERSAL HOSPITAL SERVICES, INC.

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

(Nonqualified Stock Option)



STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (this Option Agreement) entered into as of April 9, 2004 by and between
Universal Hospital Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and Samuel Humphries (the Optionee).



WHEREAS, the Company has decided to grant the Optionee a nonqualified stock option to acquire shares of the Companys common stock, $0.01 par
value per share (Shares), in accordance with the Universal Hospital Services, Inc. 2003 Stock Option Plan (the Plan); and



WHEREAS, the Optionee desires to accept such option subject to the terms and conditions of this Option Agreement.



NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
covenants and agreements contained herein, the Company and the Optionee, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:



1. Grant of Option. As of April 9, 2004 (the Grant Date), the Company grants to the Optionee a nonqualified stock option (the
Option) to purchase all (or any part) of 72,000 Shares on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. This Option is not intended to be treated as an incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the Code).



2. Exercise
Price. The exercise price (Exercise Price) for the Shares covered by the Option shall be $1.00 per share.



3. Exercisability. This Option shall become exercisable with respect to 18,000 Shares on October 1, 2004 and shall become exercisable with respect
to 18,000 Shares upon each of October 1, 2005, October 1, 2006 and October 1, 2007. All Options subject to vesting pursuant to this Section 3 shall become exercisable upon a Change in Control (as defined in Section 14b) if the Optionee continues to
be an employee (or a director or consultant, as applicable) of the Company or any Subsidiary at such time, to the extent not then exercisable.



4. Term of Options.



(a) Each Option shall expire on the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date, unless terminated earlier pursuant to subsections 4(b) and 4(c) below.



(b) If the Optionee is removed as a director for Cause (as
defined in Section 14), the Option shall terminate on the date of such termination of employment, whether or not then fully exercisable.



(c) If the Optionee dies, is Disabled (as defined in Section 14) while a director, or is removed as a director without Cause or otherwise resigns as a
director, any portion of the Option that is not then fully exercisable shall terminate immediately; provided, however, that the Board of Directors or committee appointed by the Board of Directors for purposes of administration and operation of the
Plan (the Committee) shall have the discretion to vest any Options that are



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of Directors or committee appointed by the Board of Directors for purposes of administration and operation of the Plan
(the Committee) shall have the discretion to vest any Options that are not exercisable. Any portion of the Option that is then exercisable shall terminate on the 90th day following such termination of employment.



5. Manner of Exercise of Option.



(a) The Optionee may exercise the Option or portion thereof by giving written
notice to the Company stating the number of Shares (which shall not be less than 100, unless the total Shares purchased constitute the total number of Shares remaining subject to the Option) to be purchased and accompanied by payment in full of the
Exercise Price for such Shares. Payment shall be in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified by the Company by a certified or bank cashiers check payable to the Company, or at any time Shares are registered
under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, by means of a cashless exercise approved by the Committee, in which a broker: (i) transmits the Exercise Price for any Shares to the Company in cash or acceptable cash
equivalents, either (A) against the Optionees notice of exercise and the Companys confirmation that it will deliver to the broker stock certificates issued in the name of the broker for at least that number of Shares having a fair market
value equal to the Exercise Price therefor, or (B) as the proceeds of a margin loan to the Optionee; or (ii) agrees to pay the Exercise Price therefor to the Company in cash or acceptable cash equivalents upon the brokers receipt from the
Company of stock certificates issued in the name of the broker for at least that number of Shares having a fair market value equal to the Exercise Price therefor. The Optionees written notice of exercise of the Option pursuant to a
cashless exercise procedure must include the name and address of the broker involved, a clear description of the procedure, and such other information or undertaking by the broker as the Committee shall reasonably require. Upon such
purchase, delivery of a certificate for paid-up, non-assessable Shares shall be made at the principal office of the Company to the Optionee (or the person entitled to exercise the Option pursuant to Section 7), not more than 10 days from the date of
receipt of the notice by the Company.



(b) Notwithstanding
Section 5(a) of this Option Agreement, the Company may delay the issuance of Shares covered by the Option and the delivery of a certificate for such Shares until one of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) the Shares purchased pursuant to the
Option are at the time of the issuance of such Shares effectively registered or qualified under applicable federal and state securities laws or (ii) such Shares are exempt from registration and qualification under applicable federal and state
securities laws.



6. Administration. This Option
Agreement shall be administered by the Committee pursuant to the Plan. The Committee shall be authorized to interpret this Option Agreement and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this Option Agreement.
The determinations of the Committee in the administration of this Option Agreement, as described herein, shall be final and conclusive. Each of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Senior Vice President, Human Resources
of the Company shall be authorized to implement this Option Agreement in accordance with its terms and to take such actions of a ministerial nature as shall be necessary to effectuate the intent and purposes thereof.



7. Non-Transferability. Subject to the terms of the Stockholders
Agreement (as defined below), the right of the Optionee to exercise the Option shall not be assignable or



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transferable by the Optionee otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and such Shares may be
purchased during the lifetime of the Optionee only by him (or his legal representative in the event that the Optionee is Disabled). Any other such transfer shall be null and void and without effect upon any attempted assignment or transfer, except
as hereinabove provided, including without limitation any purported assignment, whether voluntary or by operation of law, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition contrary to the provisions hereof, or levy of execution, attachment, trustee process
or similar process, whether legal or equitable, upon the Option.



8. Representation Letter and Investment Legend.



(a) In the event that for any reason the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an exercisable Option shall not be effectively registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act), upon any date on which the
Option is exercised, the Optionee (or the person exercising the Option pursuant to Section 7) shall give a written representation to the Company in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and the Company shall place the legend described on Exhibit A,
upon any certificate for the Shares issued by reason of such exercise.



(b) The Company shall be under no obligation to qualify Shares or to cause a registration statement or a post-effective amendment to any registration statement to be prepared for the purposes of covering the issue of Shares; provided, that
the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to comply with any available exemption from registration and qualification of the Shares under applicable federal and state securities laws.



9. Adjustments upon Changes in Capitalization.



(a) In the event that the outstanding Shares are changed into or exchanged
for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company or of another corporation by reason of any reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock split-up, combination of shares, or dividends
payable in capital stock, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the number and kind of shares, and the Exercise Price therefor, as to which the Option, to the extent not theretofore exercised, shall be exercisable.



(b) Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, in
the case of a Change in Control (as hereinafter defined) of the Company, the purchaser(s) of the Companys assets or stock may, in his, her or its discretion, deliver to the Optionee, to the extent that the Option has become exercisable, the
same kind of consideration (net of the Exercise Price for such Shares) that is delivered to the stockholders of the Company as a result of the Change in Control, or the Committee may, in its sole determination, cancel the Option, to the extent not
theretofore exercised, in exchange for consideration in cash or in kind, which consideration in either case shall be equal in value to the value of those shares of stock or other consideration the Optionee would have received had the Option been
exercised (to the extent the Option has become exercisable but not been exercised) and no disposition of the Shares acquired upon such exercise been made prior to the Change in Control, less the Exercise Price therefor. Upon receipt of such
consideration by the Optionee, the Option shall immediately terminate and be of no further force and effect, with respect to both exercisable and unexercisable portions thereof. The value of the stock or other securities the Optionee would have
received if the Option had been exercised shall be determined in good faith by the Committee.



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(c) Upon dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Option shall terminate, but the Optionee (if at
such time an Employee or consultant) shall have the right, immediately prior to filing of a certificate of dissolution or liquidation, to exercise any then exercisable Options.



(d) No fraction of a Share shall be purchasable or deliverable upon the exercise of the Option, but in the event any
adjustment hereunder of the number of shares covered by the Option shall cause such number to include a fraction of a share, such fraction shall be adjusted to the nearest smaller whole number of shares.



10. No Employment Rights Conferred. Nothing contained in this Option
Agreement shall be construed or deemed by any person under any circumstances to bind the Company or any of its subsidiaries to continue the employment of the Optionee for the period within which this Option may be exercisable or for any other
period.



11. Rights as a Stockholder. The Optionee shall
have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares which may be purchased upon the exercisability of this Option unless and until a certificate or certificates representing such Shares are duly issued and delivered to the Optionee. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date the stock certificate is issued.



12. Withholding Taxes. The Optionee hereby agrees, as a condition to any exercise of the Option, to provide to the
Company an amount sufficient to satisfy its obligation to withhold federal, state and local taxes arising by reason of such exercise (the Withholding Amount),if any, by (a) authorizing the Company to withhold the Withholding
Amount from his cash compensation, or (b) remitting the Withholding Amount to the Company in cash; provided that, to the extent that the Withholding Amount is not provided by one or a combination of such methods, the Company may at its election
withhold from the Shares delivered upon exercise of the Option that number of Shares having a fair market value (in the good faith judgment of the Committee) equal to the Withholding Amount.



13. Execution of Stockholders Agreement. The Optionee acknowledges
that he has previously executed and delivered the stockholders agreement by and among the Company and the stockholders of the Company named therein (the Stockholders Agreement).The Optionee further agrees that this Option
Agreement, the Option and all Shares acquired by him upon exercise of the Option will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Stockholders Agreement, as the same may be amended or modified in accordance with its terms.



14. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings
when used in this Agreement and Schedule I to this Agreement:



(a) Cause,shall mean the occurrence of any of the following while the Optionee is serving as a director of the Company:



(i) the Optionee has failed to perform substantially his duties or has performed his duties negligently;



(ii) the Optionee has committed any serious crime or offense,
as determined by the Board of Directors or the Committee in their respective sole discretion; or



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(iii) the Optionee has breached any provision or covenant contained in this Option
Agreement.



(b) Change in Controlshall mean
when (i) any person, or any two or more persons acting as a group, and all affiliates of such person or persons (a Group)(other than any person or Group affiliated with J.W. Childs Associates L.P.), who prior to such time
beneficially owned less than 50% of the then outstanding capital stock of the Company shall acquire shares of the Companys capital stock in one or more transactions or series of transactions, including by merger, and after such transaction or
transactions such person or Group and affiliates beneficially own 50% or more of the Companys outstanding capital stock, or (ii) the Company shall sell all or substantially all of its assets to any Group (other than any person or Group
affiliated with J.W. Childs Associates L.P.) which, immediately prior to the time of such transaction, beneficially owned less than a majority of the then outstanding capital stock of the Company.



(c) The Optionee shall be deemed to have become Disabledif, while serving as a director of the Company, the Optionee shall become physically or mentally disabled, whether totally or partially, either permanently or so that the Optionee, in the good faith judgment of the Committee, is unable
substantially and competently to perform his duties on behalf of the Company (or a subsidiary thereof) for a period of 90 consecutive days or for 90 days during any six month period during the term of employment. In order to assist the Committee in
making that determination, the Optionee shall, as reasonably requested by the Committee, (i) make himself available for medical examinations by one or more physicians chosen by the Committee and (ii) grant to the Committee and any such physicians
access to all relevant medical information concerning him, arrange to furnish copies of his medical records to the Committee and use his best efforts to cause his own physicians to be available to discuss his health with the Committee.



(d) Personshall mean an individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity.



15. Governing Law. This Option Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any conflicts of law principles
thereof that would call for the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. Any action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any right arising out of, this Option Agreement may be brought against either of the parties
in the courts of the State of Delaware, or if it has or can acquire jurisdiction, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and each of the parties hereby consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate
appellate courts) in any such action or proceeding and waives any objection to venue laid therein. Process in any action or proceeding referred to in the preceding sentence may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without
the State of Delaware.



16. Incorporation of Terms of
Plan. This Option Agreement shall be interpreted under, and in accordance with, all of the terms and provisions of the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference.



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Stock Option Agreement to be executed, by its officerthereunto duly authorized, and the Optionee has executed this Stock Option Agreement, all as of the day and year first above written.



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|UNIVERSAL HOSPITAL SERVICES INC. |  |  |  | OPTIONEE                
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|By: /s/ Gary D. Blackford        |  |  |  | By: /s/ Samuel Humphries
|Name: Gary D. Blackford          |  |  |  | Address:                
|Title: President & CEO           |  |  |  | Telecopier Number:      
|                                 |  |  |  | Social Security Number: 



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EXHIBIT A TO STOCK

OPTION AGREEMENT



Gentlemen:



In connection with the purchase by me of 72,000 shares of common
stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Universal Hospital Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company) under the nonqualified stock option granted to me pursuant to that certain Stock Option Agreement dated April 9,
2004(the Option Agreement), I hereby acknowledge that I have been informed as follows:



1. The shares of common stock of the Company to be issued to me upon exercise of said option have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the Act), and accordingly, must be held indefinitely unless such shares are subsequently registered under the Act, or an exemption from such registration is available.



2. Routine sales of securities made in reliance upon Rule 144 under the
Act can be made only after the holding period and in limited amounts in accordance with the terms and conditions provided by that Rule, and with respect to which that Rule is not applicable, registration or compliance with some other exemption under
the Act will be required.



3. The Company is under no
obligation to me to register the shares or to comply with any such exemptions under the Act, other than as set forth in the Stockholders Agreement referenced and defined in paragraph 13 of the Option Agreement (theStockholders
Agreement).



4. The availability of Rule 144 is
dependent upon adequate current public information with respect to the Company being available and, at the time that I may desire to make a sale pursuant to the Rule, the Company may neither wish nor be able to comply with such requirement.



5. The shares of common stock of the Company to be
issued to me upon the exercise of said option are subject to the terms and conditions, including restrictions on transfer, of the Stockholders Agreement.



In consideration of the issuance of certificates for the shares to me, I hereby represent and warrant that I am acquiring such shares for my own
account for investment, and that I will not sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise transfer such shares in the absence of an effective registration statement covering the same, except as permitted by an applicable exemption under the Act. In view of
this representation and warranty, I agree that there may be affixed to the certificates for the shares to be issued to me, and to all certificates issued hereafter representing such shares (until in the opinion of counsel, which opinion must be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for the Company, it is no longer necessary or required) a legend as follows:



The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), and
may not be sold, transferred, offered





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EXHIBIT A-I



for sale, pledged or hypothecated in the absence of an effective registration statement as to the securities under the Act
or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the corporation and its counsel that such registration is not required.



The securities represented by this certificate are subject to the terms and conditions, including restrictions on transfer, of a Stockholders
Agreement among the Universal Hospital Services, Inc. and its stockholders dated as of , 2003, as amended from time to time, a copy of which is on file at the principal
office of the corporation.



I further agree that the
Company may place a stop order with its transfer agent, prohibiting the transfer of such shares, so long as the legend remains on the certificates representing the shares.



I hereby represent and warrant that: My financial situation is such that I can afford to bear the economic risk of holding
the shares issued to me upon exercise of said option for an indefinite period of time, I have no need for liquidity with respect to my investment and have adequate means to provide for my current needs and personal contingencies, and can afford to
suffer the complete loss of my investment in such shares.



(a)
I am either please check one of the following):



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|1.X |  | an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501 (a) under the Act, a copy of which is annexed hereto as Annex I, and I, either alone or with my purchaser
representative (as such term is defined in Rule 501 under the Act), have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that I am capable of evaluating the merits and risks of my investment in the shares issued to me upon exercise
of said option. I have indicated the appropriate categories that apply to me in Annex I hereto.
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|2.  |  | not an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501 (a) under the Act, as I do not fulfill any of the categories set forth in Annex I, but I have such knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters that I am capable of evaluating the merits and risks of my investment in the shares issued to me upon exercise of said option.                                                                                                                                                                 



(b) I have been
afforded the opportunity to ask questions of, and to receive answers from, the Company and its representatives concerning the shares issued to me upon exercise of said option and to obtain any additional information I have deemed necessary.



(c) I have a high degree of familiarity with the business,
operations, financial condition and prospects of the Company.



Very truly yours,

/s/    Samuel Humphries





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ANNEX I



The following are accredited investors for purposes of the offering and sale of Shares.



Please check all of the following categories that you fulfill.



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|a.      |  | a bank as defined in section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act or a savings and loan association or other institution as defined in section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act, whether acting in its
individual or fiduciary capacity; broker or dealer registered pursuant to section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; insurance company as defined in section 2(13) of the Securities Act; investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or a business development company as defined in section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration
under section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its
employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Optionee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in
section 3(21) of such act, which plan fiduciary is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed
plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors;
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|b.      |  | a private business development company as defined in section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|c.      |  | an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), a corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or a
partnership, not formed for the purpose of quiring the Securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|d.    X |  | director or an executive officer of Universal Hospital Services, Inc.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|e.    X |  | a natural person whose individual net worth, individually or together with his or her spouse, exceeds $1,000,000;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             





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|f.    X |  | (i)a natural person who had an individual income* in excess of $200,000 in both of the past two years and who reasonably expects reaching the same
income level in the current year; or (ii) a natural person who had a joint income* with his or her spouse in excess of $300,000 in both of the past two
years and who reasonably expects reaching the same income level in the current year;                                                                                                                                       
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|g.      |  | a trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a person who either alone or with
his purchaser representative has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he or she is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment, or Universal Hospital Services, Inc. reasonably believes
immediately prior to making any sale that such person comes within this definition;
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|h.      |  | an entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors meeting one or more of the tests under subparagraphs (a)-(g)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     



* For all investors,
the term individual income means adjusted gross income as reported for federal income tax purposes, less any income attributable to a spouse or to property owned by a spouse, increased by the following amounts (but not included any
amounts attributable to a spouse or to property owned by a spouse), and the term joint income means adjusted gross income as reported for federal income tax purposes, including any income attributable to a spouse or to a property owned
by a spouse, increased by the following amounts (including any amounts attributable to a spouse or to property owned by a spouse): (i) the amount of any interest income received which is tax exempt under section 103 of the Code; (ii) the amount of
losses claimed as a limited partner in a limited partnership (as reported on Schedule E of Form 1040); and (iii) any deduction claimed for depletion under section 611 et seq.of the Code.