{"id":2823,"date":"2020-10-08T11:31:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T04:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/?p=2823"},"modified":"2020-12-15T16:10:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T09:10:33","slug":"basket-stretchers_en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/en\/basket-stretchers_en\/","title":{"rendered":"Basket stretchers for transporting patients in emergency medical service systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='epvc-post-count'><span class='epvc-eye'><\/span>  <span class=\"epvc-count\"> 238<\/span><span class='epvc-label'> Views<\/span><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2823\" class=\"elementor elementor-2823\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a00c862 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a00c862\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a55bffd\" data-id=\"a55bffd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e458cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e458cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default elementor-inline-editing pen\" contenteditable=\"true\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\"><span style=\"color: #0b9aba; font-size: 14pt;\">&gt; Prototypes for Public Usage<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e8ee18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e8ee18\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94f772e\" data-id=\"94f772e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-801beef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"801beef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">Thailand currently lacks emergency rescue equipment that is robust and reliable for transporting patients swiftly and safely in extreme environments and also affordable enough for widespread adoption. Such specialized rescue equipment is essential to the work of rescuers and emergency medical teams, especially those who work in extreme locations. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">The National Institute for Emergency Medicine and National Metal and Materials Technology Center thus launched a collaborative research and development project to design and engineer an innovative basket stretcher that can be used in extreme rescue missions in Thailand, ranging from land to water to air rescues. The technical challenge was to develop a basket stretcher that was light, easy to transport, made of a robust material, surpassed the strength requirements of an international standard, and could support very heavy patients. The design and engineering must also take into consideration the manufacturing processes that would be practical and cost-effective for small-scale domestic producers.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbdd0b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbdd0b0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c00fe3e\" data-id=\"c00fe3e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22946ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"22946ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2823 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"22946ab\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"basket1\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc0NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5tdGVjLm9yLnRoXC9hbm51YWwtcmVwb3J0MjAyMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMFwvMTBcL2Jhc2tldDEtMS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiIyMjk0NmFiIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basket1-1.jpg'><img width=\"323\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basket1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basket1-1.jpg 323w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basket1-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"22946ab\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"basket2\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc0NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5tdGVjLm9yLnRoXC9hbm51YWwtcmVwb3J0MjAyMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMFwvMTBcL2Jhc2tldDIuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMjI5NDZhYiJ9\" href='https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basket2.jpg'><img width=\"572\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basket2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basket2.jpg 572w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basket2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-09c9566 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"09c9566\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f2173d\" data-id=\"1f2173d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2ff87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d2ff87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">The research team used the human-centric design approach to develop a new basket stretcher design, through iterations of observation, ideation, prototyping, and testing. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">The observation stage involved discoveries of insights into the users and their use contexts, by interviewing the rescuers, nurses, EMS and EMT personnel, doctors, hospital staff, and governmental administrators, and observing their practices at different sites in remote mountains and sea. The needs, both functional and emotional, were distilled into a coherent problem definition and design brief. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">Various ideas for solutions were developed during the ideation stage. Selected designs were modeled and analyzed for its strength using finite element analyses according to the NFPA 1983 standard.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">Prototypes of the designs were built and provided to the users for testing. Lab-scale and field-scale prototypes were tested in Mae Hong Son province, in collaboration with representatives from 4 rescue organizations in the nearby areas. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">The results both from the computer analyses and field tests indicated that the basket stretcher fulfilled the users\u2019 requirements, with its light weight, high strength, and suitability for extreme environments.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">The designed carabiner attachment points were proven to work effectively with the rescuers\u2019 carabiner and rope systems. Additionally, the accessorial wheel systems were found to be helpful for traversing rough terrains. The basket stretcher was designed for domestic manufacturing, taking into account the local materials, production processes, and production costs. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">Prototypes for public use and engineering drawings can be made publicly available to small-scale local producers or welders so that they can produce the basket stretchers and perform basic quality assurances by themselves.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">This work should lead to widespread domestic production and sustainable adoption of high-quality basket stretchers, reduce the needs for imported stretchers, and ultimately improve the emergency medical systems in Thailand.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-02fa615 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02fa615\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59b1d75\" data-id=\"59b1d75\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2d30b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f2d30b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basket3-1024x501.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basket3-1024x501.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basket3-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basket3-768x376.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/basket3.jpg 1112w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8452dac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8452dac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb977d5\" data-id=\"eb977d5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b054a3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b054a3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research team<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a68e2d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a68e2d4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cfa7cc\" data-id=\"6cfa7cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54b9e93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54b9e93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">Sarawut Lerspalungsanti and Design and Industry Solutions Research Team<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>238 Views &gt; Prototypes for Public Usage Thailand currently lacks emergency rescue equipment that is robust and reliable for transporting patients swiftly and safely in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/en\/basket-stretchers_en\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Basket stretchers for transporting patients in emergency medical service 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