Portable intravenous pole for use in an emergency

A portable intravenous pole for use in combination with a surface on which an emergency victim is lying and the weight of the mergency victim's body to support a intravenous solution delivery system including a container in which an intravenous solution is disposed, tubing fluidly coupled to the container, and a fluid input device fluidly coupled to the tubing for insertion into a vein of the emergency victim, said portable intravenous pole comprising:

• a. a plurality of segments each of which is an elongated member having a first end and a second end wherein said first end of one of said plurality of segments may be mschanically coupled to said second end of another of said plurality of segments;
• b. mounting means for mounting the container to said first end of one of said plurality of segments;
• c. a base which is disposed perpendicular and fixedly coupled to one of said plurality of segments at its said first end adjacent to the bottom of said portable intravenous pole wherein said base has pair of hooks each of which has a locking slot disposed adjacent thereto and said supporting means has a pair of legs each of which is a flat elongated member having a pivot bar at one end and which are mechanically coupled to said base whereby said pivot bar of each of said pair of legs is rotatively coupled to one of said hooks and is slidably inserted into one of said locking slots thereby fixedly, but detechably, coupling each of said pair of legs to said base;
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• d. supporting means for supporting said base and said plurality of segments in a substantially vertical position whereby the container is disposed above the body of the emergency victim, said supporting means being mechanically coupled to said base so that said supporting means may be placed between the surface on which the emergency victim is lying and the body of the emregency victim.