Patient handling equipment used in road ambulances – Part 3: Heavy duty stretcher
DIN EN 1865-3:2012-09 (E)
Patient handling equipment used in road ambulances – Part 3: Heavy duty stretcher
Contents Page
Foreword ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3
Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5
1 Scope …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5
2 Normative references …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5
3 Terms and definitions …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5
4 Requirements ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6
4.1 General ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
4.2 Dimensions ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6
4.3 Mass ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7
4.4 Loading capacity ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7
4.5 Frame …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7
4.6 Restraint systems ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
4.7 Flammability – toxicity burning gases ……………………………………………………………………………… 8
4.8 Deformation of the frame ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
4.9 Fixation ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
4.10 Deformation of the lying area …………………………………………………………………………………………. 9
4.11 Resistance to torsion ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
4.12 Splaying of the wheels …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
5 Test methods …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9
5.1 Permanent deformation of the frame ………………………………………………………………………………. 9
5.2 Fixation inside the ambulance ………………………………………………………………………………………. 10
5.3 Permanent deformation of the lying area ………………………………………………………………………. 10
5.4 Resistance to twisting/torsion ………………………………………………………………………………………. 11
5.5 Splaying of the wheels …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11
6 Marking ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 93/42/EEC on Medical Devices ………………………………………… 12
Bibliography ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14