[The development of a portable life support device for transporting pre-hospital critically ill patients].
OBJECTIVE
To describe a portable life support device for transportation of pre-hospital patients with critical illness.


METHODS
The characteristics and requirements for urgent management during transportation of critically ill patients to a hospital were analyzed. With adoption of the original equipment, with the aid of staple of the art soft ware, the overall structure, its installation, fixation, freedom from interference, operational function were studied, and the whole system of life support and resuscitation was designed.


RESULTS
The system was composed by different modules, including mechanical ventilation, transfusion, aspiration, critical care, oxygen supply and power supply parts. The system could be fastened quickly to a stretcher to form portable intensive care unit (ICU), and it could be carried by different size vehicles to provide nonstop treatment by using power supply of the vehicle, thus raising the efficiency of urgent care.


CONCLUSIONS
With characteristics of its small size, lightweight and portable, the device is particularly suitable for narrow space and extreme environment.
Institute of Medical Equipment, Academy of Military Medical Science, Tianjin 300161, China. song9705@163.com
Zhen-xing
ZX
Song
Tai-hu
TH
Wu
Xing-ju
XJ
Meng
Heng-zhi
HZ
Lu
Jie-wen
JW
Zheng
Hai-tao
HT
Wang
D003422:Critical Care; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014187:Transportation of Patients