Rescue corset

Rescue corset and cervical brace during an exercise on the patient

The rescue corset or immobilization set immobilizes the entire spine and enables the rescue service to rescue the patient from difficult-to-access situations.

After a modern design of such a rescue device , which was patented by Richard L. Kendrick in 1978, the product name for rescue corsets is generally the short form KED for Kendrick Extrication Device ("Kendrick Liberation Aid").

Rescue corset with neck pad

A rescue corset, like a classic corset, encloses the torso below the armpits and is extended at the back to over the head. The synthetic fabric is stabilized by vertically incorporated struts; it is fixed around the upper body, thighs and forehead by several tension straps. It is only used properly in conjunction with a cervical support, which is appropriately padded together with the head in order to achieve axis-correct positioning. After the application, unintentional movements of the neck and thoracic spine are impossible, the spine is completely relieved. Regardless of an intended immobilization, the rescue corset offers the option of attaching “handles to the patient”.

The rescue corset is of particular importance when rescuing injured persons from vehicles . Also, a victim immobilized by the rescue corset can easily be lifted from the depths using suitable lifting equipment, e.g. B. from a well, mine or sewer shaft, can be recovered. The person concerned must always be secured with a suitable harness, a rescue triangle or similar, as the rope, despite supposed loops, must not be attached directly to the rescue corset.

Limitations

The rescue corset can be used from around eight years of age. If the corset does not fit because the patient is too small and cannot be adequately secured with the belts, a blanket roll must be inserted to compensate for the missing volume between the abdomen and the rescue corset.

The rescue device can generally be used with pregnant women, but the lower chest strap must not be tightened here. Even with severe injuries to the thigh, the corset can only be used to a limited extent, since the straps running under the buttocks must not be closed.

Putting on the rescue corset takes some time and practice. It can happen that if the vital parameters deteriorate, the rescue that has started with the rescue corset must be broken off and the rescue must be immediately rescued .

literature

• Flake, Runggaldier: Working techniques AZ for the rescue service: picture atlas rescue service. Elsevier, Munich; 2008. ISBN 978-3437483202

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Spinal restraint device US 4211218 A . Patent published July 8, 1980 on google.sc
2. ^ Lecture on preclinical multiple trauma management. Wetteraukreis rescue service, March 26, 2007, accessed on January 28, 2014 (PDF).

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