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Shock And Vibration Isolation System For Ambulatory And Litter Patients In Ground And Air Medical Transport, Mohamad R. Hachem
Shock And Vibration Isolation System For Ambulatory And Litter Patients In Ground And Air Medical Transport, Mohamad R. Hachem
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This project explored the effectiveness of seat and litter air bladder technologies in reducing patient exposure to whole body shock and vibration during ground borne and airborne medical transport. Several seat and litter air bladder configurations were examined during field tests in a U.S. Army RG-33 MRAP ambulance and a U.S. Army HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter. The MRAP field tests were conducted at Ft. Detrick, Maryland. The Black Hawk field tests were conducted at Ft. Rucker, Alabama.
During the field tests, tri-axial vibration signals were recorded on a 16-channel CoCo90 Data Logger/Frequency Analyzer and then post processed in the laboratory …