We use the vacuum mattress as the standard method for immobilizing femur and
pelvic fractures and also for spinal injuries.
It has the following advantages for us:
- It conforms to the patient no matter in which position he is
- If the patient is lifted onto the mat with a scoop stretcher, it enables us
to transport the patient without any "unplanned" movements
- It is carried on every German ambulance: You always have it, when you need
it
- it is very small after the vacuum is created- you can use it in confined
space rescue (on the stairs)
- patients accept the mat because it gives full body support
Ulf Wagner
Ambulance technician/Paramedic trainee
Essen
Germany
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