Adjustable safety seat for ambulances and other emergency vehicles

An adjustable safety seat for use in the patient compartment of an emergency vehicle to firmly support a medical attendant performing emergency medical services on a patient, comprising:

• a pair of spaced, vertical support bars mounted adjacent to an interior wall in the patient compartment of the vehicle;
• a seat member extending horizontally between said support bars and slidably mounted thereon for adjustment between different vertical positions;
• means for locking said seat member on said support bars in its different vertical positions;
• an adjustable backrest mounted on the interior wall of the vehicle and extending above said seat member to protect the medical attendant from injury during motion of the vehicle
• said backrest being pivotally mounted on the interior wall of the vehicle and adjustable between different angular positions relative thereto;
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• restraining means for securely holding the medical attendant against said seat member to permit him to safely perform emergency medical services on the patient while the vehicle is in motion.