Method and Materials for Training Emergency First Responders
AssigneeOlfactix, LLC
InventorEric R. Savage
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An olfactory training device and method replicating one or more aromas typical of any man-caused or natural incident or accident, especially such aromas accompanied by or originating in open, smoldering, or smoking fire. Such aromas may originate from burning tissue, bones, cartilage, or other bodily materials. Such burning aromas may also originate from other synthetic or natural materials. One or more such olfactory training devices may be dispersed in a manner to engage the olfactory-sensory system of a trainee. The olfactory training device may be classroom-deployed, field-deployed, laboratory-deployed, or deployed via any type of setting-deployable training device or protocol.
Claims18
An olfactory training device comprising a compaction of one or more building materials and one or more bioorganic materials.
A method for presenting at least one olfactory training device to engage an olfactory-sensory system of a trainee, comprising the steps of:
- a) preparing said at least one olfactory training device in suitable form for said presenting;
- and
- b) distributing said at least one prepared olfactory training device by a procedure selected from the group consisting of burning, spraying in liquid form, aerating in liquid form, aerating in powder form, scratching in solid form, scratching in powder form, rubbing in solid form, rubbing in powder form, tasting, and combinations thereof.
A method of training a first-responder, including the steps of:
- a) preparing a training setting to visually simulate a real-world disaster scene;
- b) providing an olfactory training device capable of aromatic deployment;
- c) introducing one or more first responder trainees to the simulated disaster scene;
- d) aromatically deploying said olfactory training device in the presence of the one or more first responder trainees;
- and
- e) training said one or more first responder trainees to perform in the presence of a real-world disaster scene.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.