summary of emergency stretcher
summary of emergency stretcher
summary of emergency stretcher
Accordingly, the emergency stretcher of the present invention includes a support frame with the handling capability of prior support frames, but with increased stiffness in the raised position to reduce wobbling or play of the litter surface that may occur on prior ambulance stretchers. Further, when it its compact, folded configuration, the patient support is locked relative to the base, which eliminates "base sag", which can facilitate loading of the cot into the patient compartment of an emergency vehicle. Further, the cot may incorporate a dampening system to reduce the impact forces on the stretcher components when the base is released and dropped relative to the patient support or raised quickly relative to the patient support. Additionally, the cot may incorporate an adjustable load height feature.
In one form of the invention, a stretcher includes a patient support, a base, a plurality of support members supporting the patient support relative to the base, which are adapted and arranged to raise or lower the base relative to the patient support, and a lockable link. Further, the lockable link is provided between the patient support and a point at or near the base when the base is raised to the patient support to thereby eliminate the base sagging or dropping relative to the patient stretcher, for example when the stretcher is being loaded into or unloaded from a transport vehicle. Further, the coupling of the litter to the base improves the retention of the stretcher in the event of a crash by providing restraints in all directions so that the cot does not have a tendency to "accordion" open.
In one aspect, the lockable link comprises a pivotal locking member, for example a pivotal hook, which forms the lockable link.
In further aspects, the stretcher includes an engagement surface at the base, and the pivotal locking member engages the engagement surface to thereby lock the patient support at the base. For example, the engagement surface may be formed by a recess, such as in a loop member, wherein the pivotal locking member is extendable into the recess and engageable with the loop member to thereby lock the patient support at the base.
In addition, the stretcher may include a biasing member, such as a spring, to urge the pivotal locking member into engagement with the engagement surface when the base is raised relative to the patient support.
In yet another aspect, the support members have movable pivot connections at the patient support and pivot connections at the base. Further, the stretcher includes a locking mechanism that releasably locks the longitudinal positions of the movable pivot connections of the support members relative to the patient support to thereby fix the height of the patient support relative to the base.
According to further aspects, the locking member includes a pair of elongate members pivotally mounted at one end to the patient support and movable at their opposed ends between a first position wherein the elongate members lock the longitudinal positions of the movable pivot connections of the support members and a second position wherein the movable pivot connections of the support members are released from their locked positions. In addition, the locking link is coupled to one of the elongate members, which may then be used to move the locking link from its locked position to its unlocked position.
In another form of the invention, a stretcher includes a patient support, a base, and a plurality of support members supporting the patient support relative to the base. Each of the support members comprises a variable length support member and is adapted and arranged to raise or lower the base or the patient support relative to the other. The stretcher also includes a locking mechanism for locking the length of the support members to thereby lock the height of the patient support relative to the base and releasing the support members so that their lengths may be varied wherein the patient support may be moved relative to the base. In addition, a lockable mechanical link is provided for selectively locking the patient support at the base when the base is raised to the patient support or when the patient support is lowered to the base and is movable from its locked position to its unlocked position in response to the locking mechanism releasing the support members.
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