Beds – With means for relocating an invalid – Horizontally sliding patient support surface
Patent
1991-12-23
1994-02-08
Grosz, Alexander
Beds
With means for relocating an invalid
Horizontally sliding patient support surface
5626, 441 83, 441 87, 441 40, 441129, 2441185, A61G 100, B63C 904
Patent
active
052839168
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for the transport of injured or helpless people on land, in particular to the rapid transport of a large number of injured. The invention further relates to a rescue capsule for carrying out the method.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Injured people are normally transported to a medical facility, usually a hospital, with the assistance of an ambulance or a helicopter, the people being laid on a stretcher and transported with the stretcher in the vehicle in question. This method of transportation, which is tried and tested in many cases, has however considerable disadvantages in some cases. The recovery of an injured person from an inaccessible terrain, for example a person in difficulty while climbing, can often not be effected or can only be effected with difficulty, since the injured person often must first be brought to a location at which a helicopter can land or to which an ambulance can travel. The often-necessary rapid recovery of an injured person with the assistance of a helicopter is, in particular, made impossible in poor weather conditions, since the helicopter cannot land, for example, during thick fog. The known method, furthermore, reaches practical limits in catastrophic events, in which a large number of people must be cared for and transported, so that the removal of the injured requires too much time, since as a rule it is difficult to collect a number of ambulances at a location within a short time, in order to prepare the stretchers required, which are also needed when an evacuation by helicopter is to occur. As a result of a long length of stay at the location of an accident by persons who, in some circumstances, are badly injured, their chance of survival is sometimes decisively reduced.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention, there is provided a method for transporting injured or helpless people, in particular for the rapid transport of a large number of injured, comprising the following steps: erecting a capsule provided with an inflatable floor, a roof, a wall structure and a suspension device to form at least one completely enclosed litter; placing at least one injured person in the capsule and installing the person on the litter, securing the injured person in the capsule; and carrying away the capsule containing the injured person using said suspension device located on the capsule.
The method according to the invention is based on the use of closed rescue capsules in which the injured can be laid, the capsules being formed so that the installation can be effected directly on the inflatable floor of the capsule. The evacuation of the injured person or persons takes place together with the transportation of the capsule, for example beneath a helicopter. An awkward loading of the injured into the helicopter can thus be avoided. The evacuation is also possible--if necessary by means of a relatively long line--when the helicopter cannot land due to poor visibility, since the picking up of the capsule is not dependent upon the landing of the helicopter. The connection to a preferably automatic suspension device on the rescue capsule can be effected without difficulty over a length of 20 to 30 meters. For the transportation, the capsule is drawn, by means of a winch provided on the helicopter, to a suitable distance from the helicopter.
The method according to the invention brings with it a number of advantages. The rescue capsules used can be kept in storage in comparatively small spaces in rigid containers and if required at locations at which a large number of people congregate, for example in football stadiums, at car racing tracks, air shows etc. as a precautionary measure. Furthermore, if necessary the rescue capsules can be ejected in rigid containers from helicopters, so that in the case of a catastrophe with a large number of injured people, a large number of rescue capsules can rapidly be brought and the injured can be laid in the capsules by helpers. Since the rescue capsules can also each acc
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