Patent ID: 7360813

Claim:
A mobile first aid post comprising a road vehicle a compartment carried by said vehicle, defining a generally boxed shaped openable enclosure for housing medical supplies and equipment, said compartment including a fixed structure and at least one rigid movable panel which is movable relative to said fixed structure between a condition closing a side of said enclosure (hereinafter “closed condition”) wherein said panel defines at least part of a side wall of said enclosure and an erected condition wherein said at least one panel is in a substantially or near horizontal condition and thereby creating an opening for said enclosure, said at least one panel movable in a pivoting manner to said fixed structure to extend outwardlying from said enclosure and above said opening to provide a region covered overhead by said at least one panel for a person positioned adjacent said side of said vehicle where said at least one panel is provided and positioned when in said erected condition, wherein medical utilities selected from one or more of compressed air, suction, water, and oxygen are provided accessible by a user from a downwardly facing major surface of said at least one panel when in said erected condition for the purposes of or aiding in the treatment of patients positioned below said at least one panel.