Casualty transfer system
AssigneeHer Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence
InventorsDerek J. Kidd, Leslie B. Goodwin
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Abstract
A casualty transport system which provides substantially complete splinting, thermal protection and buoyancy for a patient transported by land, sea or air. The system is particularly suited for ship-to-shore, ship-to-ship or ship-to-helicopter transfers and for mountain rescue. The patient is placed in a glass reinforced plastic body shell having a removable lid which covers all but the head. The body shell is provided with a foam plastic lining premoulded to a 75 percentile man and close splinting, if required, can be achieved by a cast-in-place technique. Lifting handles and lugs and towing eyes are provided on the exterior of the body shell to facilitate lifting and handling.
Claims8
A casualty transport system comprising:
- (a) a substantially rigid elongated concave body shell member dimensioned to receive a patient in a prone position through an open side thereof;
- (b) a substantially rigid self-supporting prefabricated lid member detachably securable over said open side of said body shell to thereby cover said patient from feet to neck;
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- (c) a lining of resilient polyurethane foam preformed to the shape of a 75 percentile man, for both resiliently supporting said patient in said body shell and conferring buoyancy and thermal protection to the transport system.
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