CA2310757A1 - Apparatus for transporting injured persons - Google Patents

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CA2310757A1
CA2310757A1 CA002310757A CA2310757A CA2310757A1 CA 2310757 A1 CA2310757 A1 CA 2310757A1 CA 002310757 A CA002310757 A CA 002310757A CA 2310757 A CA2310757 A CA 2310757A CA 2310757 A1 CA2310757 A1 CA 2310757A1
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Hans Speckle
Manfred Osterle
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    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
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    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
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Abstract

A device and a system for transporting injured persons, in particular winter-sports casualties. A rescue cab is provided with a coupling configuration with which it can be coupled to a slope-grooming vehicle. The injured person can be transported with the rescue cab mounted on the slope-grooming vehicle.

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The pxe~ent invention relates to a device for transporting injured persons, in particular winter--sports casualties. The present inventioxx also re~.ates to a system for transporting to winter-sports casua~.ties.
Zt is known for winter-sports casualties~to be rescued by means of rescue sleds, such as toboggans or kayaks, When a rescue sled has to be used, at least one mountain rescuer fetches such a sled from the va7.ley statioz~ or the mountain e'Cation of a cableway system, where the sled is parked, and transports it to Che scene of the accident. Consequently, the injured person is transported; by means of the reBCue sled, to a location, iri paxt~.cular the. valley station of~ the cableway ZO system,. where he/she can be picked up by a resCUe vehicle.
tae can be gathered from the above explanations, the known rescue meaauzes involve complicated organization insofar as a rescue sled has to be transported to the scene of the accident from a certain location at which it is parked..Thie requirement can make the rescue operation much more difficult and,'. in particul$r, slow it down. In addition, the task of transporting the injuxed person.away by means of the rescue sled is physically and psychologically taxing.
The diaadvan-tages given above can indeed be avoided ~.n a maj orit,y of cases by using rescue helicoptex~e .' However, the use of rescue, helicopters is limited. On the ane hand, favorabl.e~ weather conditions are needed and, oz~ the other handy a landing site is required in the vicinity of the~scene to of the accident.
The object of the invention isa o proYide 2~ device and system for transporting injured persons, in particular winter-sports casualties, which overcomes the above-noted deficieacies.and~
disadvantages of the prior art devices and methods of this kind:
-. With the above and other objects in view there is provide, in Zo accordance with the invention, a device of transporting injured persons, which comprises a rescue cab, the rescue cab having a coupling configuration foz coupling the rescue cab to a slope-grooming vehicle.
The invention is based on the finding that vehicles wh~,ch, although not intended for transporting injured persons, can be _a_.

used for,thie purpose as soon ae they are correspondingly equipped are available at many locations. This applies, in particular, to ski-rune, which regularly have snowcats fslope-grooming vehicles) a.nd the like driving over them in order to S prepare them.
In other words, the objects of the invention are satisfied.
with a resCUe cab that is designed with an configuration fox couplir~g it to a slope-grooming vehicle. Such rescue eabe.can to be parked in regions in which.they may be required, in particular at the sides of ski-runs, and, in the case of a rescue operation being necessary, they are coupled to the slope-grooming vehicle which.is close t to the scene o~f the acc~.dent arid transported to~the latter by means of the elope--15 grooming vehicle. Once the injured person has been moved into the rescue.Cab, he/she is transported to a rescue vehicle or .
to a xescue helicopCer by means of the slope-grooming vehicle.
_ This system allows injured pex'sons to be rescued much more 20 quickly and carefully than has been the ease hitherto by meat~.s of known rescue sleds.
In accordance with an added feature of the invention, the coupling configuration of the. xeecue cab is adapted to be 25, coupled to the clearing blade of the slope-.grooming vehicle.
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In accordance with an additional feature of the invention, the rescue cab includes a.covering hood pivotally mounted between a closed position and an open position. The cover-ing hood is pzeferably pxoduced from txansparent material.
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Tn accordance with another feature of the invention, the rescue cab is .formed with a mounting configuration for receiving a stretchez or a rescue sled.. In addition, a apace for receiving objects, in pazticular eauipment of the injured l0 person, may be provided in the rescue cab, underneath the configuration for xecei~ing the stretcher oz the rescue sled.
In accordance with a further feature of the invention, the mounting configuration for receiving the etretchez or the 15 rescue sled is formed with rails along which the stretcher or sled can be displaced and locked. In accordance with again an added feature of the invention, it is possible to provide, in the rescue cab, alongside the,configuxativn for receiving the - stzetcher yr the rescue sled, in the longitudinal direction of 2o the same, a space for an accompanying person.
Tn order for it to be possible for the rescue.cab to be coupled to the slope-grooming vEhicle in a straightforward manner, the rescue cab may be designed with a configuration ?5 which can be coupled to the top border ef the clearing blade.
In particular., the rescue cab may be designed with at least -q_ two hooks which are open in the downward direction, grip over the top border o~ the cleaxing blade, and are attached with locking bolts.
with. the above and other objebts in view there ie also provided. in accordance with the invention, a syatem,f.or rescuing winter-sports casualties, which comprises:
a< plurality of rescue cabs according to the above summary strategically placed at a ski area;
a slope-grooming vehicle for carxying, i~ required, One of the.
rescue cabs to an accident scene and for transporting an injured person in the rescue cab for further medical attention.
Furthermore, there is also provided, a method of reacuirig an injured skiez, which comprises strategically distributing a-pluxahity of the above-outline rescue cabs about a ski area, attaching one the rescue cabs to a slope,grooming vehicle,.
placing a stretcher or a rescue sled with an injured skier 2o into the rescue cab and transporting the skier within the reBCUe cab Eox further medical attention.
Other features which are considered as characteristic xor the invention are set forth in the appended claims_ _ g._ Although the invention is illustrated and described herein as embodied in an installation for transporting injured persons, it is~nevertheless riot intended to be. limited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made.therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and Within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims.
1o The construction and method of operation of the invention, however, together with additional objects and advantages thereef will be best understood fxom the following deecripCion of sQecific embodiments when read i.n connection with the accompanying drawings.
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Fig. 1 ip a aide v~,ew of a elope-grooming vehicle with a re8cue cab fastened thereon;
zo Fig. 2 is a slightly enlarged side view of the rescue cab shown is Fig. ~.;
Fig. 3 is a front view of the rescue cab;
Figs. 3A and 3H are eectional:views of the rescue cab..taken along the section line III-zzI in.Fig. 3;

Fig. 4 is a partly seCtianal aide view of a coupling configuration; and Fig. 4A is an elevational view of the coupling configuration as viewed- in the direction of the arrow 8 of Fig. 4.
~e6C~~~~on Of the Pr f~rrpyFmhn~imAn~u-Fig. 1 illustxatea a slope~grooming vehicle 1 which has a.
clearing blade 11 to which a rescue cab ~ is coupled.~The rescue cab ~ is designed with;a covering hood ~1 which, as is illustrated in Fig. 2, can be pivoted from a position in which it closes~off the rescue cab 2 into an open poaition,~as a result of which it ie possible to enter the rescue cab. 'The critical factor foz allowing.the rescue cab ~ to be faetened.
en the clearing blade 11 of the slope-grooming vehicle 1 is that the covering hood 21 be produced from transpazent material, as a result of which the view of the driver of the shops-grooming vehicle 1 is only slightly obstructed.
~o The design of the rescue cab 2 is explained herein-below with reference to Figs. 3, 3A and 3H. Ae can be seen from these, the xescue cab 2 has a length of, approximately 3 m, ae a result of .which iC i5 long enough to accommodate a stretcher ~5 ~Z or a rescue sled 23 for an injured person and an accompanying person, e.g. a paramedic. Fig. 3A illustrates a -7»

rescue cab 2 with a stretcher 2Z, whereas Fig. 3H illustrates a°rescue cab 2 with a rescue sled 23..It should be noted here that, for those accident scenes to which a slope-groomxrtg vehicle cannot gain access, it may be necessary to use a rescue sled Z3_ In spite of this, it ~.s advantageous fog the el,ope~grooming vehic~.e to be.uaed for the rest of the ~trangpo.rtatiort since the trai~zsportation takes place much more safely than by means of a rescue sled and, in addition; there .is also sufficient space for an accompanying pexsozi in the to rescue Cab, The zescue cab 2.is designed with.guides along which the :stzetcher,22 or the rescue sled 23 cax~ be displaced. located ;beneath the gu~.des ~.s a space 24, for recei~ring objects, e.g.
the equipment of the sports casualty. The covering zl of the rescue aab Z ie pzoduced fzom trs.nsparent mater~,a~., in particular f7rom a composite glass/plaetic material. This matkes ~it possible to view the interior of the rescue cab 2 and to _ see out of the latter, as required. In addition, it is also possible tv see through the rescue cab 2, as a result of which the rescue cab ~ dpee not obstrucC the view of the driver of the slope-grooming vehicle 1.
Referring now to Figs. 4 az~d 4A, there is provided a coupling 2S configuration on the rear side of the rescue Cab 2. the coupling cor~figurati,on comprises two hooks 41 which :are -s-ar=a.aged an a supporting game Zo of the rescue cab 2 and are assigned locking bolts 4Z. As soon as these hooks 4l have. been positioned on the top border o.f the clearing blade 11 of the slope-grooming vehicle 1 and have been fixed by means of the locking bolts 42, which pass through through-passages in the clearing blade 11, the rescue cab 2 ie fastened on the slope-grooming vehicle I-Tha slppe-grooming vehicle 1 can then transport the rescue cab IO 2,: accommodating an injuxed person, ro a rescue vehicle that may by. waiting, say, in the valley station.
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1. A device of transporting injured persons, which comprises a rescue cab, said rescue cab having a coupling configuration for coupling said rescue cab to a slope-grooming vehicle.
2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the slope-grooming vehicle is equipped with a clearing blade and said coupling configuration of said rescue cab is adapted to be coupled to the clearing blade of the slope-grooming vehicule.
3. The device according to claim 1, wherein said rescue cab includes a covering hood pivotally mounted between a closed position, and an open position.
4. The device according to claim 3, wherein said covering hood is produced from transparent material.
5. The device according to claim 1, wherein said rescue cab is formed with a mounting configuration for receiving one of a stretcher and a rescue sled.
6. The device according to claim 5, Wherein said rescue cab is formed with a space for receiving objects beneath said mounting configuration.
7. The device according to claim 6, wherein said space is formed to receive equipment of an injured person.
8. The device according to claim 5, wherein said mounting configuration for receiving one of the stretcher and the rescue sled is formed with rails along which a stretcher or a rescue sled can be displaced and locked.
9. The device according to claim 5, wherein said rescue.sled is formed with a space for an accompanying person alongside said mounting configuration for receiving one of the stretcher and the rescue sled, in a longitudinal direction of said mounting configuration.
10. The device according to claim 1, wherein the clearing blade of the slope-grooming vehicle has a top border and said rescue cab includes at least one supporting configuration for coupling to the top border of the clearing blade.
11. The device according to claim 10, wherein said supporting configuration includes at least two downwardly open hooks adapted to grip over the top border of the clearing blade, and locking bolts for locking said hooks to the clearing blade.
12. A system for rescuing winter-sports casualties, which comprises:

a plurality of rescue cabs according to claim 1 strategically placed at a ski area;
a slope-grooming vehicle for carrying, if required, one of said rescue cabs to an accident scene and for transporting an injured person in said rescue cab for further medical attention.
13. A method of rescuing an injured skier, which comprises strategically distributing a plurality of rescue cabs according to claim 1 about a ski area, attaching one the rescue cabs to a slope-grooming vehicle, placing a stretcher or a rescue sled with an injured skier into the rescue cab and transporting the skier within the rescue cab for further medical attention.
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