Patient Handling and Ergonomics

Stretchers

An ambulance stretcher is the centerpiece of all ambulance assistance. It's a tool designed to make everyday tasks easier for all ambulance personnel. Safety, ergonomics, hygiene, and flexibility are crucial. Comfort, safety, and treatment functions like shock mode are important for the patient. From newborns to bariatric patients, everyone should be handled in dignified and safe ways. An ambulance stretcher must meet the requirements of our European standards EN1789 and EN1865 as well as MDR2017/745.

Ferno has been developing and producing ambulance stretchers globally for over 60 years. Which stretcher model suits your company?

Carry chairs and stair chairs

Our chairs go by many names, such as carry chairs, stair chairs, or evacuation chairs. Regardless of the name, they are an efficient tool for quickly moving a person who cannot climb stairs alone. This could involve professional patient handling or safe evacuation in an emergency situation, such as at businesses, schools, hospitals, or public buildings where visitors, employees, patients, or others may need assistance in case of danger. Improved accessibility today also increases demand for what is now called accessibility, meaning the ability to exit a building even if one has a disability or impaired orientation skills.

Today, almost all ambulance services have a stretcher/step stool in the ambulance. Development is ongoing and capacity is increasing. Foldable, extendable handles, side armrests, belt feet, electric belt feet, detachable belt feet, storage, weight? Yes, there are many questions, and the options are numerous.

Movement Restriction, Stabilization, and Fixation

Effective patient handling begins with the right equipment for immobilization and transport. Our vacuum splints, vacuum mattresses, and scoop stretchers are designed to ensure safe and stable handling of injured patients, even in the most challenging situations.

Vacuum splints conform to the body for optimal support and stabilization and are easy to use even in rough terrain. Vacuum mattresses provide superior comfort and immobilization and are built to withstand tough conditions and varying temperatures. Scoop stretchers offer precise and secure transfer with a robust and flexible design that adapts to the patient's needs.

With a focus on safety, comfort, and ease of use, our solutions are ideal for professionals who prioritize patient safety.

Ergonomic aids

Today, there is a strong focus on good ergonomics in patient handling, especially as part of active workplace health efforts in the healthcare sector. The use of ergonomic products is now the easiest way to reduce absenteeism for ambulance, healthcare, and rescue personnel. Moving a patient in a building without an elevator or in cramped spaces with poor accessibility therefore places high demands on the products used. We have products that facilitate work and provide safe transport for the patient, whether it's a Scoop stretcher, transfer stretcher, transfer sheet, transfer mattress, slide board, stair chair, pediatric chair, or carry harness.

Ferno Norden has the ergonomic products you need for patient transfers.

Child Safety

Safe transportation of children in ambulances has historically been a significant challenge. Small children require a special type of product for secure transport.

Ferno Norden offers the market's most popular products for safe child transportation in ambulances, namely "Kangoofix" and "Pedi-Mate," which are used in several ambulances today.