Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1979-04-27
1981-11-10
Michell, Robert W.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
128DIG15, A61F 504
Patent
active
042992095
ABSTRACT:
For maintaining cervical and spinal alignment during emergency immobilization, extrication, transportation, and radiological examination of a patient, a support used in combination with various fastening devices comprising a sheet with a curved cross-section made of radiotranslucent buoyant material which has a thin profile yet provides strong and rigid support. The sheet is contoured to support the patient's head, shoulders, and main body, preventing post-incident injury and discomfort. The margins of the support have a plurality of slots which serve both as handling means and as a means for attaching the fastening devices and are arcuately displaced for ease of access with minimal hazardous movement of the patient. Moreover, the head-supporting portion has a plurality of guide notches and a Velcro fastener for attaching fastening devices, with similarly arcuately displaced access. The support has a short form which is used for securing the upper torso under conditions which preclude the use of the long form. The long form of the support provides management of the full body during emergency extrication, transportation and radiological examination, for use in combination with the short form and for use as a litter.
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Behrens James D.
Buckley James W.
Michell Robert W.
Puls, Jr. Louis G.
Shedd C. W.
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