Development of Rope Connected Life-Saving Equipment for Transferring Numerous People.

BACKGROUND: This study is focused on a rapid and safe transfer when there are many people who need rescuing in unapproachable location. Generally, a stretcher, a basket or a mesh drawing is used to transfer injured people or survivors in the emergency rescue, however, it turned out that it takes long time to transfer a number of people with a stretcher and it is difficult to transfer injured people safely with a basket or a mesh drawing. It would expect to transfer many people who need rescuing promptly and harmlessly.

METHODS: In this article, Targeted Acceptable Responses to Generated Events of Tasks (TARGETS), an event-based team performance measurement methodology was used to investigate the effects of Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) on the behavioral processes underlying team performance during simulated rescue tasks while wearing chemical protective equipment. In addition, this study determined which team processes were related to team performance outcomes. Results of six primary analyses indicated that team process performance was not degraded by MOPP 4 on any rescue task and that the team processes critical for successful task performance are task-dependent.

RESULTS: As a result, authors have developed a new life-saving equipment. Numerous people who need rescuing can be quickly and safely rescued and transferred to the hospital with it. From a medical point of view, it reduces the risk of secondary damage from transport and helps avoid missing the golden time for first aid caused by delay in transferring emergency patients as numerous people can be transferred safely and quickly.

CONCLUSION: The article is due to introduce the equipment which can transfer people who need rescuing promptly and effectively in a situation such as when numerous people need rescuing in the mountain. In a rescue situation such as mountain rescue, rope connected life-saving equipment is dropped to the rescue site with a rope from a rescue helicopter and laying down the injured on the life-saving equipment body and equip life-saving equipment to the rope consecutively. In this way, it is expected to transfer the injured rapidly and safely.