Redesign of Medical Stretcher for Special Operation Pararescue Jumpers

Abstract

The AFRL developed a prototype medical stretcher for use by the Air Force Special Operations Command based on a crowd-sourced concept that would reduce the time to remove an injured soldier from the battlefield to improve his survivability. This concept was for a small lightweight inflatable stretcher with wheels that uses material in commercial inflatable kayaks. Problems were identified with this approach and several redesigns were made with the intention of building a prototype system that could be tested by the user community for acceptability and ease of use.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 2014
Accession Number
ADA618209

Entities

People

  • Adam Renner
  • Michael Ysebaert
  • R. Lee

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Battlefields
  • Beta Testing
  • Composite Materials
  • Department Of Defense
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Pararescue
  • Prototypes
  • Stretchers
  • Test Methods
  • Warfare
  • Weight

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Software Engineering
  • Trauma or Military Medicine