Ambulance Litter Integrity, Retention, and Patient Restraint

This SAE Recommended Practice describes the testing procedures required to evaluate the integrity of a ground ambulance-based patient litter, litter retention system, and patient restraint when exposed to a frontal, side or rear impact. Its purpose is to provide litter manufacturers, ambulance builders, and end-users with testing procedures and, where appropriate, acceptance criteria that, to a great extent ensures the patient litter, litter retention system, and patient restraint utilizes a similar dynamic performance test methodology to that which is applied to other vehicle seating and occupant restraint systems. Descriptions of the test set-up, test instrumentation, photographic/video coverage, test fixture, and performance metrics are included.Cross Reference: 49 CFR 572,AE23,ARP5482,J1727_201502,J1733_201811,J211/1_202208,J211/2_202204,J2570_201911,J2917_201608,J2956_201608