Emergency medical services system

An emergency medical services (EMS) system for delivering primary and emergency care with EMS equipment and supplies by EMS personnel comprising:

• a personnel vest constructed and organized for carrying EMS equipment and supplies in a wearable and accessible arrangement, said vest being formed with a neck, arm holes, waist openings, and an overlapping placket at the center front of the vest extending between the neck and waist opening, said placket being formed with closure means for rapidly opening the vest;
• said vest comprising quick release support loops at the shoulders of the vest for securing the ends of a stethoscope, and a stethoscope carried around the back of the neck and on the shoulders of the vest;
• said vest comprising a plurality of outside pockets arranged on the front left and right sides of the vest with first and second large outside pockets across the front bottom left and right sides respectively of the vest for carrying bulkier EMS equipment and supplies at lower center of gravity and a plurality of intermediate size pockets across the center left and right sides of the front of the vest for carrying intermediate and smaller size EMS equipment and supplies;
• at least one of said outside large pockets across the bottom front left and right sides of the vest comprising a compound pocket having a large inner pocket formed by a first pocket cover panel across the bottom of one side of the vest and an outer pocket formed by a second pocket cover panel over at least a portion the first pocket cover panel, said large inner pocket being formed with a quick release closure means across a center width of the top of the first pocket cover panel, the sides of the top of the first pocket cover panel being open for quick release of the closure means and access to the large inner pocket, and large gauze bandages and pads and EMT trauma sheers contained in the compound pocket with the EMT trauma sheers contained in the outer pocket of the compound pocket;
• the other of the large outside pockets across the front bottom left and right sides of the vest being formed with a pocket enclosure panel having a vertical center seam or divider forming dual side-by-side pocket elements, the top enclosure panel being formed with an elastic strip for constriction of the top of said pocket elements while permitting expansion and access into said pocket elements, and a blood pressure cuff or sphygomomanometer and pocket breathing mask contained respectively in said dual pocket elements;
• said intermediate size pockets across the center of the right and left sides of the vest being formed with quick release closure flap means over the tops of the intermediate size pockets and relatively smaller gauze bandages and pads, tape, eye patch and note pad contained in the intermediate size pockets across the center of the right and left sides of the vest;
• small upper pockets formed on at least one side of the right and left sides of the top front of the vest, at least some of said upper pockets having narrow elongate configuration for retaining elongate objects for ready access, and a pen and flash light contained in the small upper pockets of narrow elongate configuration;
• loop holding means formed on at least one side of the right and left sides of the top front of the vest and airway means contained in said loop holding means;
• and a first extra-large pocket formed across the outside back of the vest comprising an extra-large pocket cover panel secured along the top and bottom across the back of the vest, said extra-large pocket being openable on the sides and formed with quick release closure means along the sides and tabs for pulling open the sides, and a large multi-trauma dressing pad contained in the extra-large pocket formed across the outside back of the vest.

An emergency medical response (EMS) system for delivering primary care emergency treatment and EMS equipment and supplies by EMS personnel comprising:

• a personnel vest constructed and organized for carrying EMS equipment and supplies in a wearable and accessible arrangement, said vest being formed with a neck, two armholes and a waist opening, and an overlapping placket at the center front of the vest extending between the neck and waist openings, said placket being formed with quick release closure means for rapidly opening the vest;
• quick release support loops at the shoulders of the vest for securing the ends of a stethoscope and for carrying a stethoscope around the back of the neck and on the shoulders of EMS personnel wearing the vest;
• said vest comprising a plurality of outside pockets arranged on the front left and right sides of the vest with first and second large outside pockets across the front bottom left and right sides respectively of the vest for carrying bulkier EMS equipment and supplies at lower center of gravity and a plurality of intermediate size pockets across the center left and right sides of the front of the vest for carrying intermediate and smaller size EMS equipment and supplies;
• small upper pockets formed on at least one side of the right and left sides of the front top of the vest at least one of said upper pockets having narrow elongate configuration for retaining elongate objects for ready access;
• loop holding means formed on at least one side of the top front of the vest for holding airway means;
• and a first extra-large pocket formed across the outside back of the vest comprising an extra-large pocket cover panel secured along the top and bottom across the back of the vest, said extra-large pocket being openable and accessible on the sides and formed with quick release closure means along the sides and with tabs for pulling open the sides for storing and accessing a large multi-trauma dressing pad.