Patent ID: 7818840

Claim:
A foldable, portable, trauma treatment and monitoring, patient platform comprising: an upper housing body including a top surface and an upper patient support surface; a lower housing body including a rear surface and a lower patient support surface, the upper and lower patient support surfaces being cooperative to collectively support a patient, the lower housing and upper housing being in pivotal communication to enable selective articulation about a hip pivot axis between a closed orientation for transporting the patient platform without a patient thereon, a completely open orientation for supporting the patient in a prone position, and a partially open orientation for transporting a patient in a seated position, the upper patient support surface being substantially parallel to and facing the lower patient support surface in the closed position, the upper patient support surface and lower patient support surface being substantially coplanar in the open position, the upper patient support surface and lower patient support surface being disposed between the closed orientation and the completely open orientation when in the partially open orientation; at least one bay located within at least one of the upper and lower housing bodies, the bay being configured to receive at least one medical monitoring/treatment unit a leg support coupled to the lower housing body, the leg support and lower housing body are pivotal about a knee pivot axis, the hip pivot axis being disposable adjacent a patient's hip and the knee pivot axis being disposable adjacent a patient's knees when the patient is disposed on the patient platform; and a footrest coupled to the leg support, the footrest and leg support being pivotal about a foot pivot axis.