Medical Treatment Aid For Use in Treating Children
OwnerTimothy Hodgetts, Peter Francis Mahoney +3inventors
InventorsTimothy Hodgetts, Peter Francis Mahoney, William Grant Phillip Eardley, Linda Orr, Christopher Russell Wright
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Abstract
A medical treatment aid is described which allows for the rapid classification of child patients in an emergency, casualty or trauma room environment, and further displays treatment information relevant to the classification of the patient in a readily accessible manner.
Claims7
A medical treatment aid comprising a flexible sheet provided with a central panel having gradations upon which patients can be laid, which gradations immediately enable the patient to be classified by size and one or more peripheral areas which present charts or tables or diagrams relating to dosages of drugs and/or sizes of equipment to be used on the patient according to that classification.
A medical treatment aid comprising a flexible sheet provided with a central panel upon which patients can be laid and one or more peripheral areas which present charts relating to dosages of drugs and/or sizes of equipment to be used on the patient depending on weight, further comprising a weight-sensing means in the central panel which gives an actual measurement of weight of any patient placed upon it.
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