Summer is here, but hypothermia is still a challenge
Posted: May 24, 2012 Filed under: Hypothermia, Prehospital care, Emergency rescue, Emergency Management, less thermal bag, Light Emergency Stretcher System, гипотермия, hipotermia, 低温, हीपोथेरमीया, hypotermi, termoaislantes, termal sargi, انخفاض الحرارة, bobleplast, temperature conservation strategy Leave a comment »As Norway see temperatures rising sharply, and summer comes with long bright sunny days, it is still important to work hard on hypothermia protection.
In LESS AS we are presently working on new solutions for tunnel preparedness, involving both patient evacuation systems in general, and hypothermia protection in specific.
LESS Emergency Stretcher Rolling Kit includes emergency stretchers with excellent insulating properties together with Thermal bags and Carrying Harness’.
LESS Emergency Stretcher Rolling Kit is a good basis for preparedness, and has become a standard item within ambulance services, air ambulances and rescue organizations. No other stretcher solution offers the same insulating properties as the LESS family of stretcher products. Hypothermia protection is a core element in our overall rescue system, together with efficiency and time reduction in the evacuation process.
Norwegian mountain preparedness for Easter tourism
Posted: March 23, 2012 Filed under: हीपोथेरमीया, bobleplast, гипотермия, Emergency Management, Emergency rescue, hipotermia, hypotermi, Hypothermia, less thermal bag, Light Emergency Stretcher System, Mountain medicine, Prehospital care, temperature conservation strategy, termal sargi, termoaislantes, Uncategorized, 低温, انخفاض الحرارة Leave a comment »Winter conditions might turn away some of the regular visitors to mountain resorts this Easter. But we in LESS AS have experienced higher demand than ever for our hypothermia protective products. Preparedness seems to be higher on the agenda this year.
“Some serious recent accidents might explain the increased attention to preparedness” says Gunhild Elje Lindborg, Market Coordinator in LESS AS.
Red Cross in Tromsø during training exercise.
Norsk Folkehjelp – Less Thermal Bag
Posted: March 23, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »
Norwegian mountain rescuers training with LESS Thermal bag.
London HEMS with new proactive temperature management policy
Posted: February 16, 2012 Filed under: हीपोथेरमीया, bobleplast, гипотермия, Emergency Management, Emergency rescue, hipotermia, hypotermi, Hypothermia, less thermal bag, Light Emergency Stretcher System, modified Hibler package, Prehospital care, temperature conservation strategy, termal sargi, termoaislantes, 低温, انخفاض الحرارة Leave a comment »
Hypothermia research led to changes in procedures in London's Air Ambulance
“Conclusion This study confirmed that patients anaesthetised in the prehospital phase of care had a significantly lower admission body temperature. This has led to a change in the author’s prehospital practice. Anaesthetised patients are now actively surface heated and have whole body insulation to prevent further heat loss in an attempt to conserve body temperature and improve outcome. This is an example of best in-hospital anaesthetic practice being carried out in the prehospital phase.”
For a full review of this study: Emergency Medicine Journal
LESS Thermal bag together with a heating mattress working as a modified Hibler's package.
LESS Thermal bag (LS3010) and LESS Thermal hood (LS3011) was developed for mass casualty incidents, but have increasingly appeared as a fundamental part of temperature conserving strategies in pre-hospital SOP (standard operating procedures).
London's Air Ambulance constantly in action.
LESS distributor in the UK:
Prometheus Medical Ltd, UK
For distributors in other countries, look under “Resources”.
New Emergency Rescue Unit
Posted: December 7, 2011 Filed under: हीपोथेरमीया, bobleplast, гипотермия, Emergency Management, Emergency rescue, hipotermia, hypotermi, Hypothermia, less thermal bag, Light Emergency Stretcher System, Mountain medicine, Prehospital care, termal sargi, termoaislantes, 低温, انخفاض الحرارة | Tags: båre, beredskapsbåre, beredskapshenger, bobleplast, katastrofeberedskap, samleplass, storulykke Leave a comment »During 2011, LESS AS has upgraded and improved our successful concept of Emergency Rescue Unit. This trailer solution now stands out as a complete solution for optimal patient evacuation, and efficient establishment of a patient clearing station.
LESS Emergency Rescue Unit (Beredskapshenger Evakuering/Samleplass) with content clearly indicated on the outside
This development incorporate key products to support a holistic evacuation strategy and rescue philosophy with focus on:
- Reduced evacuation time
- Improved hypothermia protection through the whole rescue chain
- Less need to transfer patients from stretcher to stretcher, with the risk of additional damages
- Reduced time required to establish a warm patient clearing station
- Very efficient system for first triage, enabling better priority during evacuation
Turkey building preparedness with focus on hypothermia
Posted: September 18, 2011 Filed under: हीपोथेरमीया, гипотермия, Emergency Management, Emergency rescue, hipotermia, hypotermi, Hypothermia, less thermal bag, Light Emergency Stretcher System, Mountain medicine, Prehospital care, termal sargi, termoaislantes, 低温, انخفاض الحرارة Leave a comment »A presentation of LESS AS in Dubai, UAE in January 2011 caught the eye of Turkish distributor NEST Medikal. They have now secured a first order with Turkish Health Authorities, and preparedness will be improved with state-of-the-art evacuation equipment from LESS AS, including thermal emergency stretchers, thermal bags and thermal hoods.
Close-up from NEST MEDIKAL's catalogue in Turkish and English.
Prevention of hypothermia is critical in many mass casualty incidents, and Turkey now take a lead in incorporating this in their preparedness set-up.
Practical Cold Guide
Posted: August 30, 2011 Filed under: हीपोथेरमीया, гипотермия, Emergency Management, Emergency rescue, hipotermia, hypotermi, Hypothermia, less thermal bag, Light Emergency Stretcher System, Mountain medicine, Prehospital care, termoaislantes, 低温 | Tags: båre, beredskapsbåre, hypotermibåre, hypothermia stretcher, preparedness, stretcher Leave a comment »From the US Department of Health, we have looked at this practical guide to cold weather.
A practical guide for better preparedness.
LESS AS is committed to work for better preparedness against cold, and our solutions for mass casualty incidents are gaining acceptance. LESS Thermal Bags are keeping an increasing number of injured warm and protected.
Paramedic checking a patient wrapped in LESS Thermal Bag on a LESS Emergency Stretcher during an exercise.
LESS equipment is also scoring high on being training friendly.
Excelent poster from hypothermia.org
Posted: August 23, 2011 Filed under: हीपोथेरमीया, гипотермия, hipotermia, hypotermi, Hypothermia, less thermal bag, Light Emergency Stretcher System, Mountain medicine, Prehospital care, termoaislantes, 低温 Leave a comment »Useful poster from hypotermia.org with basic info on critical temperatures:
Go to hypothermia.org for further details.
In mass casualty situations, LESS AS offers a unique protection against hypothermia for patients in large number with its thermo insulating emergency stretcher and thermal bag together with thermal hood. In a preparedness set-up, these products will offer superior protection for patients in situations ranging from bus and train accidents to larger incidents. It will help saving lives.
Look into these products if you are not familiar with them:
LESS Emergency Stretcher 3001 - World's leading hypothermia stretcher
LESS products put to test in Oslo & Utoya
Posted: August 1, 2011 Filed under: हीपोथेरमीया, гипотермия, Emergency Management, Emergency rescue, hipotermia, hypotermi, Hypothermia, less thermal bag, Light Emergency Stretcher System, Prehospital care, TAS 3, Tas3, termoaislantes, 低温 | Tags: Oslo 22-7, Oslo terror, Utoya Leave a comment »During the terrible July 22nd events in Oslo and Utoya, LESS products were up for a real test in a situation nobody thought was possible in Norway. Fortunately, various organizations within Norwegian rescue have emphasized building preparedness in equipment and training. It was evident during this unprecedented event that TAS-3 training from Norwegian Air Ambulance proved itself very useful for many of the rescue workers.
Wet and wounded teenagers wrapped in LESS Thermal Bag on LESS Emergency Stretcher with very good insulating effect preventing hypothermia.
Preliminary reports from operational rescue workers are very positive as to the user friendliness and performance of our equipment.
Hypothermia prevention important in airport preparedness
Posted: June 28, 2011 Filed under: हीपोथेरमीया, гипотермия, Emergency Management, Emergency rescue, hipotermia, hypotermi, Hypothermia, Light Emergency Stretcher System, Prehospital care, termoaislantes, 低温 | Tags: airport preparedness, båre, beredskap, beredskapsbåre, emergency preparedness, flyplassberedskap, hypothermia stretcher, katastrofebåre, storulykkeberedskap, stretcher Leave a comment »AVINOR, owner of a number of airports in arctic Norway, has again chosen LESS Emergency Stretchers for Svalbard Airport and Vigra Airport in Norway. One of the key features that no other stretcher could offer, was good hypothermia protection.
Stretchers prepared for Vigra Airport with customer specific printing and numbering.
