New Emergency Rescue Unit

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Updated LESS web site

Less AS shall be a leading supplier within patient logistics, of lightweight stretchers and adequate supporting products for efficient evacuation in a coordinated rescue strategy.

Web site now includes a whole range of new exiting products supporting a holistic rescue strategy.

Pay us a visit and learn more about our new products:  www.less.no

 

LESS invited to TIEMS Annual Conference in Bucharesti, Romania

The company’s product and concept development together with leading Norwegian rescue organizations has resulted in substantial interest from international organizations working withing rescue and disaster preparedness.  Over the last two years, LESS AS has been involved in significant development projects with Norwegian Civil Defense, 330 Squadron and Norwegian Air Ambulance.  Mr. Robert Sunde will present a paper on TIEMS Annual Conference in Bucharest, Romania cover first of all the cross-functional development by Norwegian Air Ambulance that has resulted in:

• OPEN (Optimal Patient Evacuation Norway) – A new set of routines and coordination for rescue and evacuation in large incidents
• TAS (Tverrfaglig Akuttmedisinsk Samarbeid) – A cross functional training course for ambulance teams, fire brigades, police and local authorities

 

 

Fundamental in these routines and training are:

1.  More efficient evacuation:  Less time saves more lives.

2.  More focus on hypothermia and better protection against hypothermia saves more lives.

Both these goals are integral parts of LESS AS company vision.

 

 TAS and OPEN are concepts developed by Norwegian Air Ambulance.  

For futher information see:  

Less Thermal Bag gaining market in the UK

Market acceptance in the UK for LESS Thermal Bag and LESS Thermal Hood is improving every month.  Our distributor, Prometheus Medical has done a great job in conveying the product features and benefits from having the Thermal Bag and Thermal Hood available for trauma patients.

Click on the banner for further product information on availability in the UK.

New Thermal Poncho from LESS

In close cooperation with rescue services in Norway and abroad, we are now testing out a new Poncho solution in the market.

Our technical wizard Ragnar Grimstad dressed in brand new LESS Thermal Poncho.

This solution is developed for typical winter incidents with multiple casualties, i.e. accidents involving buses, train etc.  In these situations, hypothermia protection is often needed for both those that are injured and those not.  You might have injured sitting inside a bus or a train that need cover while waiting to be evacuated.  LESS Thermal Poncho offers basic thermal protection in a functional way, very easy to use.

A great advantage with LESS Thermal products is that it is very cost efficient to build preparedness for mass casualty situations.

Product range of LESS Thermal now includes:

LESS Thermal Bag, LESS Thermal Bag Baby, LESS Thermal Hood, LESS Thermal Poncho

Kapp, May 2011