Emergency evacuation apparatus for a bed-ridden patient

摘要

The apparatus comprises a rigid base tray 1 of a length substantially equal to that of a mattress, wheels, glides, rollers or castors on the tray to facilitate its movement over the floor and straps 6 anchored to the tray for wrapping around the mattress to thereby restrain and cocoon the patient. Lifting handles 3 and lifting straps 5 may be provided and a pulling handle 4 of webbing, or a rigid, extensible handle (10), may also be included. The lifting handles may be of fold-away type and the pulling handle may be auto-retractable.