Ambulance Litter Integrity, Retention, and Patient Restraint (Supersedes J3027 JUL2014)

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• Corporate Authors:
  Truck Crashworthiness Committee
• Description:
  RATIONALE: This revision of the Recommended Practice adds a requirement to conduct rear impact testing of the patient cot, cot mount and occupant restraint utilizing the pulse curve described in SAE J3044. In addition, this revision deletes the requirement to utilize an instrumented anthropomorphic test device, or ATD, as the existing pass fail criteria does not rely on the measurement of ATD data. An instrumented ATD may be used at the discretion of component manufacturer(s). 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, side or rear 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]
• Subjects:
  Coal Methane Mining Occupational Health Safety
• 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:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049742
• Citation:
  Warrendale, PA: SAE International, J3027_201611, 2016 Nov; :1-11
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Ambulance litter integrity, retention, and patient restraint (supersedes J3027 JUL2014)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2d1c718ad48d8d3efd242e93be35774244175c0acf8ecf9aff5616ce7898ebc8d1686ca90dca6413e44bbe51416b91b365c594d00ff8c113be30f27889f18be7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210384/cdc_210384_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 349.98 KB ]