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004.26.11 Leg Stretcher

Leg Stretcher

Emergency stretcher with X-frame support

Emergency stretcher with X-frame support

An emergency stretcher for emergency vehicles includes an X-frame litter support mechanism that vertically movably supports a patient litter on a wheeled base. Each of the legs of the litter support mechanism have the capability to expand and contract in length, and a fixed-length link member extends between the base and one of the legs. A releasable locking arrangement can releasably lock the patient litter in a selected vertical position, and can be released only when the patient litter is manually lifted. A gas cylinder which controls the angular position of a pivotally supported upper body support member can move into a recess in a cross member of the patient litter.

Specialized ambulance stretchers are used with emergency vehicles such as ambulances, in part to permit the medical beds to be easily loaded into different ambulances having different internal floor heights. Examples of such prior stretchers are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,097,941, 4,767,148, 4,037,871 and 3,644,944. Although these pre-existing stretchers have been generally adequate for their intended purposes, they have not been satisfactory in all respects.

For example, it is sometimes possible to disengage the releasable locking mechanism when the patient litter is not fully supported by manual lifting, resulting in a rapid drop of the patient litter with an abrupt stop in its lowermost position, which can result in patient injury. Also, prior stretchers may have a pivotally-supported upper body support section which can be maintained in a desired position by a selectively actuatable gas cylinder, but the vertical thickness of the patient litter must usually be increased beyond a desirable amount in order to provide clearance for movement of the gas cylinder with respect to transversely-extending cross members that rigidify the frame.

Although particular preferred embodiments of the emergency stretcher have been disclosed in detail for illustrative purposes, it will be recognized that variations or modifications of the disclosed embodiments, including the rearrangement of parts, lie within the scope of the present invention.

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lower butt pain is it from basketball (just working my legs and stuff)?

idk if this is the right section but answer if you know please

ok ive been doing upper leg workouts and stuff squats and allot other stuff and ever since then i felt this pain in my lower butt its only on one side and it hurts every time i make a muscle in my upper leg in the back

my question is should i rest it or keep training

oh and could it be that im stretching my butt wrong before i play cause im not an exp stretcher

It could be from the squats, i've felt just what your experiencing training for boxing, and i geus its from squats your muscles are just sore , its not good to over work your muscles so you should cut back on training until they get better.

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