A mobile transport device is provided which has leg-like mobility fittings and a useful surface. The useful surface is in particular a seat unit of a motor vehicle which can transport a person seated on the seat unit out of a motor vehicle to a destination by means of the leg-like mobility fittings and without any climbing.

A jumpseat for an emergency transport vehicle having a patient compartment that includes a medical scanning device and a patient stretcher having a stretcher axis. The jumpseat includes a post element rotatably attached to a floor portion of the patient compartment, wherein the floor portion is located in a clearance space between the scanning device and a head end of the stretcher. The jumpseat also includes a seating element rotatably attached to the post element. The post and seating elements are moveable between a stowed position wherein the post element and seating element are substantially horizontal and a deployed position wherein the post element is substantially vertical and the seating element is substantially horizontal and located in the clearance space and in-line with a patient's body axis.

A jumpseat for an emergency transport vehicle having a patient compartment that includes a medical scanning device and a patient stretcher having a stretcher axis. The jumpseat includes a post element rotatably attached to a floor portion of the patient compartment, wherein the floor portion is located in a clearance space between the scanning device and a head end of the stretcher. The jumpseat also includes a seating element rotatably attached to the post element. The post and seating elements are moveable between a stowed position wherein the post element and seating element are substantially horizontal and a deployed position wherein the post element is substantially vertical and the seating element is substantially horizontal and located in the clearance space and in-line with a patient's body axis.

An equipment mounting system includes a quick mount track (11) with tapered edges (3611, 3612) couple to a surface or structure. The quick mount track includes a backing plate (15), one or more mounting points positioned such that any forces exerted on a mount (50) coupled to the quick mount track is transferred directly through the quick mount track to the one or more mounting points. The quick mount track also includes a flush mounting surface (3610) that creates and maintains a seal between the quick mount track and the surface, and a chase (3605) is disposed in the quick mount track and defined by the flush mounting surface. A plurality of diamond contoured target regions (13) and a plurality of half diamond contour regions in the backing plate aid in coupling the mount to the quick mount track.

An equipment mounting system includes a quick mount track (11) with tapered edges (3611, 3612) couple to a surface or structure. The quick mount track includes a backing plate (15), one or more mounting points positioned such that any forces exerted on a mount (50) coupled to the quick mount track is transferred directly through the quick mount track to the one or more mounting points. The quick mount track also includes a flush mounting surface (3610) that creates and maintains a seal between the quick mount track and the surface, and a chase (3605) is disposed in the quick mount track and defined by the flush mounting surface. A plurality of diamond contoured target regions (13) and a plurality of half diamond contour regions in the backing plate aid in coupling the mount to the quick mount track.

There is provided an inactivation method that inactivates harmful microorganisms and/or viruses existing in an enclosed space where a patient is transported and/or treated, and comprises: a first step of performing a wiping operation that wipes down a surface in the enclosed space with a sterilizing solution after transporting and/or treating the patient; a second step of irradiating, simultaneously with the first step, droplets that scatter from a wiping area of the surface during the wiping operation in the first step with ultraviolet light in a wavelength range between 190 nm and 235 nm as ultraviolet light having a wavelength that inactivates harmful microorganisms and/or viruses.

A recursive multi-tiered health isolation facility having multiple tiers of facility types. Each facility type has a probability of containing an airborne infectious contagion and a means for provide pressure differentials between the facilities types. Increasingly higher negative pressurization within facility types with a higher probability of airborne infection provides for nesting facility types and abatement of airborne contagions transmitted between facility types. Further, the air exchange rates for each facility type are increased as the probability that a facility type has an airborne infectious agent increases. The use of HEPA filters with the increased air exchange rates increases the contagion abatement in environments having a higher probability of airborne contagions. Further, exchanged air is treated with ultraviolet light to kill contagions making it through the air filter. Additionally, bathroom facilities provided as part of the patient facilities can be coupled to an autoclave incineration facility to prevent contagion contamination by bodily fluids.

A shock absorbing support arm assembly for a litter support assembly that includes a support arm comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a shock absorbing device disposed at the second end of the support arm, and a litter side shaft engagement mechanism disposed at the first end of the support arm. The support arm assembly may also comprise a mounting bracket connected at the second end of the support arm such that the shock absorbing device is positioned between the mounting bracket and the support arm. The support arm may move along an axis of the shock absorbing device and relative to the mounting bracket and may pivot about the axis relative to the mounting bracket.

Disclosed are a thruster positioning mechanism and a securement mechanism for use in relation to a suspended load control apparatus or system to control a load suspended by a cable from a carrier.

Provided are computing system and method for documenting and communication information within a mobile medical care environment. A mounting system supports the computing system within a mobile medical care environment. The computing system includes a decoding module that causes the processing circuitry to scan, with the non-contact scanner, a computer-readable code encoding information about a first medicinal substance. A record module causes the processing circuitry to link at least a portion of the encoded information from the computer-readable code to a patient ID that is associated with the patient and stored in the memory. A communication module transmits (i) the portion of the information from the barcode linked to the patient ID, and (ii) the patient ID to be stored by a medical record system at a healthcare destination.