Side load ambulance

[JPINFV]

http://www.jems.com/Images/SJC%20Industrie...cm16-130110.pdf

Interesting article I came across today about a concept ambulance featuring side loading instead of the traditional read loading. While it looks like a good idea, the one problem that I haven't really been able to rectify myself is the increased footprint for loading/unloading operations, especially at hospitals.

[Dustdevil]

FAIL to SJC for showing us three photos that do nothing to give us a clear picture of what they are doing. Looks like a normal ambulance to me.

[JPINFV]

It's pretty clear when you read the text actually. Essentially they took the box and rotated it 90 degrees. There's now a sliding door on both sides of the box though which the patient is loaded. This is in contrast to the traditional design where the patient is loaded through the rear doors. By configuring it this way, it is safer since the attendants will always be facing either forward or backwards relative to the ambulance, not to the side such as on the squad bench. They are claiming that this "opens" up more storage room in the rear of the ambulance.

[DwayneEMTP]

It's pretty clear when you read the text actually. Essentially they took the box and rotated it 90 degrees. There's now a sliding door on both sides of the box though which the patient is loaded. This is in contrast to the traditional design where the patient is loaded through the rear doors. By configuring it this way, it is safer since the attendants will always be facing either forward or backwards relative to the ambulance, not to the side such as on the squad bench. They are claiming that this "opens" up more storage room in the rear of the ambulance.

Agreed. You have to read the text Dust, and perhaps spend more time with Vivi in Cali...your usual reading material has got you only looking at the pictures! :oops:

It seems like they're on the right track...I'm actually for anyone that is interested in taking a new, intelligent look at the back of the ambulance. There are plenty of improvements that could be made. And this one seems to place medic safety equal to, or above patient safety during a crash. I'm thinking perhaps, (Though I haven't really looked around the corners of this idea) this is a good thing as the risk certainly lie with the medics percentage wise, and not the patient?

Dwayne

[spenac]

I would like to try one out. Would also like to see it in crash tests to see if the medic stands a better chance of survival.

[Eydawn]

I like the concept. It *does* look like a normal ambulance from the pictures, because the orientation within the patient cabin hasn't been spelled out... that door you're seeing between the two awkward looking folks who are strapped in isn't the rear door of the ambulance. It's the side of the ambulance. That means the dude is back to back with the driver and the chick is facing towards the front of the ambulance.

I'm also digging the concept of 5-point restraint seats that slide and move towards or away from the cot... that means you can stay put while moving close to do something.

I'm wanting to see a lot more pictures, with views inside and outside the cabin. That would make things a lot easier to see and good for the textually challenged...

Wendy

CO EMT-B

[Dustdevil]

It's pretty clear when you read the text actually. Essentially they took the box and rotated it 90 degrees.

Okay, I did read the text, and I did figure that much out. That part is a no-brainer. What is not clear is which is the front and which is the back. What is on the back wall now? Cabinets? What is on the front wall now? More cabinets? A walk through? And did you notice that they very conveniently don't show the head of the cot? How much room does side-loading allow me for airway management? It looks like that would put me right up against a door, which is exactly where I do NOT want to be. And how exactly are you getting a larger patient through those doors? Not to mention that I can now no longer be beside my patient as he is lifted into the ambulance now. The three photos don't make a damn thing clear about the layout. A diagram would have been a much better idea.

[DwayneEMTP]

Okay, I did read the text, and I did figure that much out. That part is a no-brainer. What is not clear is which is the front and which is the back. What is on the back wall now? Cabinets? What is on the front wall now? More cabinets? A walk through? And did you notice that they very conveniently don't show the head of the cot? How much room does side-loading allow me for airway management? It looks like that would put me right up against a door, which is exactly where I do NOT want to be. And how exactly are you getting a larger patient through those doors? Not to mention that I can now no longer be beside my patient as he is lifted into the ambulance now. The three photos don't make a damn thing clear about the layout. A diagram would have been a much better idea.

Fine. Leave it to you to ruin a perfectly good reference to porn....

[Dustdevil]

Fine. Leave it to you to ruin a perfectly good reference to porn....

I have an image to maintain!

[AZCEP]

Looks like an engineering design study rather than anything that could actually be used. Very rare are the occasions when you can manage an airway from the side of the patient. I suppose it would be an impetus to purchase more high dollar equipment, but why would someone do that?

It is a neat idea, just not very practical.