Medical Ambulance Bus Patient Loading

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Medical Ambulance Bus Patient Loading
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Inside Right of MAB looking forward
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Inside Left looking forward
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Rear of bus and ramp
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Front and Rear Cot Slides
Front End Slide
Rear End Slide
Head End of Cot with solid slide
Foot End of Cot with split slide
Cots cannot be reversed and head end must be
toward front of bus
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MAB Loading Order

• Load patients from front of bus to rear
• Load least injured patients first
• Heaviest patients in the bottom positions
• Lightest patients should be in the top positions
• Potential critical patients or most severely
  injured patients should be loaded in the middle
  positions

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• Patients are placed on the bus litter OUTSIDE the
  bus and litter is then placed on a standard
  ambulance cot for entry onto the bus.
• The ambulance cot should be rolled up the ramp in
  the lowest maneuverable position with the
  patients head toward the front of the bus.
• This allows for the most stable position and less
  chance for the attendant to strike their head on
  the door frame.

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• For Upper Positions
• 1 - Align the cot next to a litter bay
• Raise the cot to highest position
• Extend empty litter slide brackets
• 2 - While leaving the foot of the litter on the
  ambulance stretcher, hook the head of the litter
  into the bracket
• 3 The provider at the feet then holds the foot
  end of the litter while the attendant at the head
  pulls the cot out from under the litter, toward
  the front of the bus (see note)

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• 4 The provider at the head end squats below the
  litter, at the level of the patients thighs, with
  his back straight, using your legs, lifts the
  litter to the level of the bracket
• 6 The provider at the feet guides the litter
  into the bracket
• 5 The brackets are then slid into the rack and
  locked in place with the pin
• Note In the front bays, you should reverse the
  procedure and put the foot end in the bracket
  first and move the stretcher towards the rear of
  the bus and then place the front end in the
  bracket

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• For the Middle Position
• 1 - Align the cot next to a litter bay
• Raise the cot to highest position
• Extend empty litter slide brackets
• 2 - While leaving the foot of the litter on the
  ambulance stretcher, hook the head of the litter
  into the bracket
• 3 The provider at the feet then holds the foot
  end of the litter while the attendant at the head
  pulls the cot out from under the litter, toward
  the front of the bus (see note)

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• 4 Together, lift the foot end of the litter
  into the bracket
• 5 The brackets are then slid into the rack and
  locked in place