Stretcher cum Wheelchair for Patients

journal ijetrm, 2021

Nowadays, in India the number of disabled individuals is increasing every year. It seems to be very difficult to transfer the patients from one to another and it also required attendant or nurse to such works. Present wheel chair is commonly used wherever needed. After the invention of wheelchair cum stretcher is seems to be very easy to change from bed to stretcher or stretcher to bed or vice versa. By using this it is very easy to transfer the patients or disabled peoples without the need of others. It is very simple and easy and efficient way of transferring from one to another with an electrical system and automatic.

International Journal of Analytical, Experimental and Finite Element Analysis (IJAEFEA)

In India the number of disabled individuals is increasing every year. Mobility aids are useful for patients for transportation and a replacement for walking especially in indoor and outdoor environment. Transferring the patients from wheelchair to stretcher or to the medical bed is always an issue for the attendant or helper. Understanding the various issues regarding the mobility equipment and introducing a better design will be an asset for the medical field and helping hand for disabled individuals. There is a need for a wheelchair cum stretcher to facilitate the disabled patient's mobility and to provide a novel medical equipment for use in the Indian hospitals. Here we are developing a system which is capable of shifting various positions (Chair, Semi-Chair and Stretcher) manually. These positions can be achieved by a lead screw connected with a hinge joint. Lead Screw translates turning motion into linear motion. Also the height of the stretcher can be adjusted using a Hydraulic jack manually. It is placed horizontally which pushes against a lever which lifts the main arm. And also there is a lid on chair which can be opened to eliminate human waste. This is a cost reducing project which helps mainly paralyzed patients to do their daily things.

Now a day common scenario observed in the medical field that person suffers from many more diseases and some kind of diseases required more care like to paralyzed patients. Wheelchair is a devise that is used to improve the accessibility of mobility challenged persons. This study will illustrates the new fully comfortable design for physically handicapped person comparative to available designs in general use. The objective of this study is to design the convertible wheelchair to stretcher easily by means of design software and obtain the idea in actual practice.

The problem of transferring the patients exists from ancient times. People who get seriously injured or ill were carried by others by means of wooden stretcher with cloth or leather tied to it. Afterwards they were carried on wheels which reduced the effort of the people carrying the patients. Alhough we have evolved in the field of healthcare and technology we are not yet able to address this problem efficiently. Mobility aids are used for transportation of patients. Wheelchairs and stretchers are the most commonly used mobility aids for the movement of patients. Transferring the patients from wheelchair to stretcher or to the medical bed or vice versa is always an issue for the attendant or nurse. There is a revolution of wheelchairs available today driven by needs and desire of man. Hence we propose a design of wheelchair convertible stretcher which is a boon to the medical field. It is so made that it could be maintained and

The patients who suffer from back injury or spinal disfunction spend majority of their time on a stretcher as they can not sit with support of their back like a healthy human. If these patients want to move around say within the hospital or use a normal sized lift then they need to be shifted to a wheelchair which is very discomforting and discouraging, that we were this design comes into play. In this paper we test the possibility of drafting a design for the stretcher which can automatically convert to a wheel chair just by sending command via phone. This would make the patient more independent which will make them more confident and help in faster healing.

IRJET, 2023

In hospitals, airports, train stations, retail centers, etc., wheelchairs and stretchers are frequently utilized. Depending on the needs, this design is a modified wheelchair stretcher. According to the needs, this device can be utilized to transform a wheelchair into a stretcher. This can be manually accessed. When the levers are pulled, the chair becomes a stretcher. According to the patient's and the doctors' convenience, the stretchers can be removed from the main frame, making it simpler to carry and access the patient. With the help of the folding mechanism, it is simpler to store several stretchers in the shape of chairs in a comparably small amount of space. Every day, there are more patients in the world. Therefore, it is dangerous for patients to be transferred from a wheelchair to a stretcher, a bed to a wheelchair, or vice versa, in hospitals. A wheelchair cum stretcher is required to improve the mobility of impaired patients and to supply cutting-edge medical technology for usage in hospitals.

Pitture in collezione, 2018