Beds – With means for relocating an invalid – Horizontally sliding patient support surface
Patent
1985-03-11
1986-09-23
Burr, Edgar S.
Beds
With means for relocating an invalid
Horizontally sliding patient support surface
5436, 128134, A61G 100, A61G 104
Patent
active
046126783
ABSTRACT:
A trauma board, particularly a pediatric trauma board for use in lifting, carrying, transporting, treating or otherwise immobilizing a patient, which trauma board comprises: a rigid board having a head end and a foot end with the board characterized by a plurality of at least three separate, spaced apart slots therein; the first slots spaced apart in two parallel pairs, each about the width of the thickness of a patient's limb toward the foot end of the board; the second slots spaced apart generally the width of the patient's body and extending intermediate the foot and head end of the board; and the third slots spaced apart toward the head end of the board; the board also includes a foam head block characterized by a contoured head cavity therein to be secured at the head end of the board to form a foam layer about the sides, top and back of the head of the patient; and adjustable straps passing through each pair of the slots to restrain the limbs and the body of the patient, and over the top of the foam head block and forehead of the patient to restrain the outward movement of the head from the head block.
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Burr Edgar S.
Crowley Richard P.
Eckstine Tonya
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