 | | | The Citaro large-capacity ambulance carries life-saving medical equipment. A flexible modular principle and the complementing technical conception constitute an ideal basis for a special-purpose vehicle so individually tailored to a specific local use. |
The low entry is one technical feature, the ability to lower the level of the vehicle by four centimetres at the push of a button using the kneeling function is another. Not only does this make it easier for disabled and injured persons to board the bus, above all it enables rescue personnel to get patients on stretchers into the vehicle. At the middle entrance a manual folding ramp facilitates access to the new ambulance.
The medical equipment of the bus includes five each ECG/defibrillator units plus respirators, infusion pumps, suction pumps, and a system for computer-based patient data recording. At each of the five treatment stations there is also a mediboard to receive medical equipment, a 10 l oxygen bottle, infusion holders, and an adequate number of grab handles for the medical personnel working there.
In addition, the vehicle carries an emergency backpack, a special emergency doctor bag, two emergency baby cases, a special surgical bag, and a case with the things needed to treat poisoning. Two more oxygen bottles are located near the seated passengers. The passages for the oxygen hoses there also can be used to suspend infusion bottles. A cabinet with two pull-out working surfaces is installed in the rear across the entire height and width of the bus.
Along with various compartments for keeping medical material like plasters and bandages, the cabinet incorporates a cooling and a heating compartment, storage space for about 100 ampoules, a safe for anaesthetics, and six hollow tubes to hold oxygen and suction catheters.
To make sure the medical equipment is fully ready for use at all times, the proper functioning of all equipment aboard the bus is fully checked every day by the Stuttgart firefighters. Current is supplied to the medical equipment via external 24-volt supply, eight 230 volt sockets and two battery chargers. The on-board power supply is a standard 24-volt system.
The on-board system supplies all the standard-fit consumers of the new Citaro ambulance as well as fire-brigade-specific consumers (priority signalling system, flashing yellow rear lights, ambient lighting, etc.), plus the adjustable spotlights inside (mainly over the treatment areas). There is also a microphone for public announcements, a navigation system and, in the area of the instrument panel, two radiotelephones for public authorities and organisations with security functions. The equipment further includes three mobile phones, a fax machine and a radio data transmitter, plus two separately controlled loudspeakers and several radio aerials. |
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