Heart-lung resuscitator litter unit

Abstract

A device for use under emergency conditions in applying heart-lung resuscitation procedures and the like to a patient while supported thereon which enables such patient to be transported from an inaccessible location of attack onto an ambulance stretcher without removing such support, the device being in the form of a self-contained portable unit comprising a frame structure having parts relatively movable between a collapsed unit carrying position and an extended patient supporting treatment and a transporting position operable when disposed in the patient treatment and transporting position to be engaged on a horizontal surface such as a floor or the like for support in stable relation thereon and to engage and support a patient thereon in a supine position to provide for a relatively unyielding support of the patient's back area sufficient to effect cardiac compression through the application of periodic mechanical downward forces on the chest area of the patient. A heart-lung resuscitator assembly is carried by the frame structure for applying periodic mechanical downward forces on the chest area of the patient, the assembly being contoured adjacent the head end of the frame structure to support the head of the patient in a position extending downwardly from the adjacent back area so that the breathing channel is maintained in a favorable position for the reception of oxygen and including a face mask unit engageable with the face of a patient supported as aforesaid for supplying oxygen to the patient. A drug and equipment compartment assembly is provided on the frame structure for supporting containers of oxygen thereon for use with the resuscitator assembly.