Ambulance Litter Integrity, Retention, and Patient Restraint (Superseded by J3027 NOV2016)

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• Corporate Authors:
  Truck Crashworthiness Committee ; Truck Crashworthiness Committee
• Description:
  RATIONALE: This SAE Recommended Practice was developed by members of the SAE Truck Crashworthiness Committee in support of the ambulance industry's need to apply science to the design and testing of the patient litter, its attaching hardware to the vehicle, and the restraint system for the patient. The Recommended Practice was validated collaboratively by industry and government partners through extensive testing funded and managed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Department of Homeland Security and the Ambulance Manufacturers Division of the NTEA. Input loading for the dynamic testing was generated using the vehicle specific crash pulses described in SAE J2917 and SAE J2956, respectively. An independent analysis of the testing methodology and resulting data was performed by government and private members of the automotive testing community. SCOPE: This SAE Recommended Practice describes the testing procedures required to evaluate the integrity of a ground ambulance-based patient litter, litter retention system, and patient restraint when exposed to a frontal or side impact. Its purpose is to provide litter manufacturers, ambulance builders, and end-users with testing procedures and, where appropriate, acceptance criteria that, to a great extent ensures the patient litter, litter retention system, and patient restraint utilizes a similar dynamic performance test methodology to that which is applied to other vehicle seating and occupant restraint systems. Descriptions of the test set-up, test instrumentation, photographic/video coverage, test fixture, and performance metrics are included. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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• Keywords:
  Accident Analysis Analytical Processes Automobile Safety Emergency Equipment Emergency Response Equipment Design Equipment Reliability Equipment Testing Human Factors Engineering Industrial Design Manufacturing Medical Equipment Motor Vehicle Parts Motor Vehicles Performance Tests Recommendations Safety Belts Safety Research Testing Equipment Transportation Transport Mechanisms

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• Publisher:
  SAE International
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guidance ; Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049741
• Citation:
  Warrendale, PA: SAE International, J3027_201407, 2014 Jul; :1-11
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety ; Public Safety
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Ambulance litter integrity, retention, and patient restraint
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b1bde1936aad39126c07286141a15fa31ef2295d8980d2c9c3f9a304818fbedc219f74d34be61583b552b9494e23e7c0064baa508b383df3a73139f5c0edb2b5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210383/cdc_210383_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 146.53 KB ]