It can be carried using the four integral carrying handles, which clip out of the way when not in use.

It is compact and ideal for search and rescue operations being suitable for vertical or horizontal lifting and may be used for helicopter rescue missions. It has telescopic / foldable carry handles ( Fig 8).

It can bend in the middle whilst still holding the patient securely. It is an aluminum and vinyl folding rescue stretcher that fully encloses the patient. Thus the overall length of the stretcher must be 230 cm. The handle bar should routinely extend a distance of 24 cm on either side for the body movement of the stretcher-bearer. As a length of 2cm will not add to the weight of the stretcher appreciably, a stretcher with universal canvas length of 182 cm is considered statistically appropriate for the Indian soldier. Thus a canvas of minimum length of 182 cm for units with soldiers from the plains and 180 cm length for soldiers from hills will be capable to accommodate 95% of all casualties. The 3 cm heel on Boot DMS or equivalent boot was also added to the recorded height. The value of the 95 th percentile for soldiers from the plains was 179 cm and that for the soldiers from hill states was 177 cm. Age and caste wise heights of 15479 recruits were recorded. However a much larger sample of 15479 recruits was taken to further improve upon the statistical estimates. In order to recommend the ideal dimensions of modern stretchers for use in future, the height of the recruits was recorded at a zonal recruiting office, recruiting one-fifth of the recruits in India.Īs per pilot study the mean height of the recruits was 174.5 cm with a standard deviation of 10.87 on a sample size of 472.

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