Scoop stretcher

The scoop stretcher is a tool to rescue unfortunate persons in whom a possible fracture of the spine can not be excluded. It is a flat support made ​​of light metal or plastic, which can be divided along its length.

Use

To record ( " Shovel " ) of a patient, the scoop stretcher separated into its two parts and these carefully pushed from both sides among the patients as possible to lift or otherwise move without him. Then the two halves are fixed again with closures, fixed the patient with straps, and the patient is on a stable surface.

Usually, the patient is then placed on a vacuum mattress to ensure a smooth transport.

Due to their small size and low weight, the scoop stretcher is sometimes also used to transport the patient in difficult situations, eg in narrow stairwells. For this, the scoop stretcher is equipped with straps and carrying handles. This procedure is gentler than the use of a sling for the patient. But a scoop stretcher is not a life-saving equipment in terms of transport or lifting device. The scoop stretcher can not replace basket stretcher.

The scoop stretcher is available in each ambulance and ambulance. In the American ambulance service, the scoop stretcher is used ( in the American called scoop stretcher or orthopedic stretcher ) as well as not. The combination of scoop stretcher and vacuum mattress is there replaced by the spine board ( backboard ).

In conjunction with a vacuum mattress, it is possible a patient lying on the stomach axis justice by the sandwich technique and little movement to turn on the back. In this method, the vacuum mattress is placed on the patient, foisted the scoop stretcher and fixed accordingly. After the rotation about the horizontal axis, the patient lies on his back in the vacuum mattress.

Especially in cases of suspected spinal injury it is used for rescue from cars or trucks in order to free the lying patient.

So-called Combi Wear (Universal Rescue Stretcher, URS ) combine scoop stretcher and carrying chair. Such support can be shared in both the extended and the bent state. Thus, patients can be seated picked up and carried.

Historical

Invented the scoop stretcher in 1943 by Wallace W. Robinson from Portland / Maine / USA. The first patent under the name " splint stretcher frame 'occurred on March 11, 1947, in force, it is still concerned a frame with hinge at the head and at the foot opening.

The present form, which is to open up and down, was patented on July 6, 1970 by Elroy E. Bourgraf, owner of Wear manufacturer Ferno Washington Inc., and his collaborator Kenneth R. Self.

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