Patent ID: 6440160
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A61F,A61G

Abstract:
A disposable emergency stretcher kit comprisinga)a thin flexible mat adapted to cover a stretcher or backboard, said mat having a major length and a minor width, said mat formed of two layers, one layer being an impermeable backing material and the other layer being an absorbent material, an elongated pocket is formed on said absorbent material along the major length of said mat, said elongated pocket located approximately on the center line of said major length, said pocket adapted to contain a dual compartment packet, and b) a plurality of said dual compartment packets having a breakable seal between said compartments, each of the compartments of said dual compartment packet containing a reaction element of a thermal composition, whereby when said breakable seal is breeched said elements mix and create an endothermic reaction.