ThreeBeans
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I thought some of you might appreciate this.
Transporting children in an ambulance has a certain amount of difficulty to it. It's fairly impossible to securely place a small child on a stretcher. The harness simply does not secure tightly enough. Furthermore, EMS is required by law to use CSRs. However, with a severely injured or ill child, the rule is sort of tossed out the window. You can't work on a dying child who is strapped in a car seat
We stopped by one of DH's jobs tonight to visit Daddy and see what Bean the First calls "The Daddy Trucks" (he emphatically refuses to acknowelege that once upon a time they were also mommy trucks )
See the blue chair in the back, facing the rear of the ambulance? That is called the 'airway' seat and is where the paramedic or EMT who is managing the patient's airway will sit. It is also where the car seat for non-critically ill patients older than a year can be harnessed.
The blue flap is pulled down
You can see the directions specify older than 1 year, greater than 20 pounds, and up to 50 pounds. It's interesting the distinction is made considering the seat is, by default, rear-facing.
The seat has IMMI components. You can see the chest clip and the harness adjuster. There is one at each hip and that is how the harness is tightened.
A hat-headed mulleted Bean
A hat-headed mulleted royally ticked off Bean. (In case you are wondering, she is ticked off because I shifted positions.)
This is from an older ambulance. You can see the old style chest clip and adjuster.
This is a stretcher. It is designed for adult patients, with a four point restraint at the shoulders and hips, a 2 point belt at the thighs, and another 2 point belt at the calves. We are required to use an infant carrier for a child under 20 lbs, and it needs to be installed on this seat. As you can imagine, it's not an ideal installation.
This is the best I could do with the SS1. Raising the head portion of the stretcher somewhat improves the stability. Obviously, in an impact, the seat is going to go forward, and there will be nothing there for it to rebound against.
Transporting children in an ambulance has a certain amount of difficulty to it. It's fairly impossible to securely place a small child on a stretcher. The harness simply does not secure tightly enough. Furthermore, EMS is required by law to use CSRs. However, with a severely injured or ill child, the rule is sort of tossed out the window. You can't work on a dying child who is strapped in a car seat
We stopped by one of DH's jobs tonight to visit Daddy and see what Bean the First calls "The Daddy Trucks" (he emphatically refuses to acknowelege that once upon a time they were also mommy trucks )
See the blue chair in the back, facing the rear of the ambulance? That is called the 'airway' seat and is where the paramedic or EMT who is managing the patient's airway will sit. It is also where the car seat for non-critically ill patients older than a year can be harnessed.
The blue flap is pulled down
You can see the directions specify older than 1 year, greater than 20 pounds, and up to 50 pounds. It's interesting the distinction is made considering the seat is, by default, rear-facing.
The seat has IMMI components. You can see the chest clip and the harness adjuster. There is one at each hip and that is how the harness is tightened.
A hat-headed mulleted Bean
A hat-headed mulleted royally ticked off Bean. (In case you are wondering, she is ticked off because I shifted positions.)
This is from an older ambulance. You can see the old style chest clip and adjuster.
This is a stretcher. It is designed for adult patients, with a four point restraint at the shoulders and hips, a 2 point belt at the thighs, and another 2 point belt at the calves. We are required to use an infant carrier for a child under 20 lbs, and it needs to be installed on this seat. As you can imagine, it's not an ideal installation.
This is the best I could do with the SS1. Raising the head portion of the stretcher somewhat improves the stability. Obviously, in an impact, the seat is going to go forward, and there will be nothing there for it to rebound against.