When it comes to military stretchers, we naturally think of the huge stretcher regiments in wartime.

In the smoke of war, everything is shrouded in the shadow of life and death. The soldiers in charge fell in droves and the hope of life faded away. Suddenly, a white figure appeared and quickly lifted the wounded man onto the stretcher. Under the hail of bullets, time seems to freeze, just to let this young life continue. War is always accompanied by casualties.

With the progress of The Times, the goal of war is not only victory and defeat, gain and loss, but also zero casualties. Military stretchers, which transport the wounded in the first place, have played an invaluable role in reducing war casualties. Early military stretchers were made from local materials, so they came in a variety of shapes, sizes, and materials.

In modern war, with the increasing effectiveness of weapons, the number of critically wounded has increased significantly. At the same time, the distance between the wounded and the medical institutions is greatly increased due to the expansion of the army’s mobile area. This requires a higher level of medical care to be provided at the forefront. The most dangerous stage for injured people is the “platinum time” and the “golden time” of treatment within 10 minutes and 1 hour after the trauma. More than 40 percent of victims could have been saved if their condition had been stabilized during that time. It is estimated that 90% of battlefield deaths are caused by injuries that do not stabilize quickly. Therefore, in order to reduce the battlefield death rate, it is necessary to carry out effective on-site treatment for the critically wounded. This requires a variety of resuscitation equipment, instruments, and drugs.

At present, the special stretcher used by medical units and civilian medical institutions in the base is convenient and comfortable, but it is not suitable for use on the battlefield due to high cost, complex structure, large volume and mass, and other reasons. The service history of the stretcher is quite long. Driven by the operational needs of modern warfare, military stretchers can safely and efficiently transport the wounded and prevent secondary injuries.

Military Folding Stretcher, such as EA-1D7 Medical Aluminum Folding Stretcher Heavy Duty Military Stretcher, can be folded into two sections of Aluminum alloy bar instead of the whole wooden pole, the bar is equipped with nylon anti-slip grip at both ends, It has a foot underneath; Black polypropylene mesh is used to connect 2 horizontal bars, easy to clean; At the same time, also equipped with 3 black nylon material transverse fixed belts for fixing the body of the wounded. The military stretcher is as wide as the human body and has good passability. Stretchers with two people in a group are the most common way. Stretchers with four people in a group can evenly distribute the load and improve the transfer speed and travel. In addition to carrying and transporting the injured, the stretcher can be directly used as an operating table after being raised or placed on the vehicle with materials such as ammunition boxes and sandbags. When large transport planes are used to transport patients in bulk, the stretcher layers can be overlapped and fixed into “bunk beds” to save space. The military stretcher is used by medical personnel for short-range transport of ambulatorized patients and can be loaded onto vehicles and helicopters.

If you are the leader of a stretcher team, stand on the right shoulder of the casualty. This is the best position to monitor and observe the casualty while being transported on a stretcher. Stretchers are carried by two people in a group, which is the most common way. At the same time, because military stretchers are as wide as human bodies, they have good passability and are suitable for environments such as buildings and forestlands. When using the stretcher, first flatten it on the ground, and then put the wounded on the stretcher, tighten the horizontal fixing belt to make the military folding stretcher into a groove to cover and fix the body of the wounded, and both ends of the stretcher are rolled inward to protect the head and footsteps of the wounded. The stretcher was no longer a soft “cushion” because its cross-section became a “U” shape, so it had high longitudinal strength. Even when the stretcher was lifted, the main body of the stretcher would not bend or break due to the weight of the wounded. On the one hand, it can protect the injured from secondary injuries in the transport process (especially for the injured with spinal injury, a rigid stretcher must be used for transport), and it can be lifted or lowered by rope in a horizontal or vertical posture, which is suitable for transporting the injured in complex terrain.

To sum up, in the future, military stretchers should be able to effectively cope with all kinds of trauma treatment tasks in war, and be used as disaster medical rescue guarantee for emergencies in peacetime.