Patent ID: 8366167

Claim:
A transportable emergency response station for the treatment or transportation of quarantined, injured or deceased persons on stretchers, each stretcher having a major dimension extending between opposite ends of the stretcher, and a minor dimension that extends crosswise to the major dimension and is smaller than the major dimension, the station comprising: an interior compartment; a frame fixedly positioned in the interior compartment; and a plurality of vertically stacked stretcher receiver assemblies positioned in the interior compartment, the plurality of vertically stacked stretcher receiver assemblies comprising a stretcher receiver assembly for removably receiving and supporting a stretcher supporting a person, the stretcher receiver assembly comprising first and second receivers that arc spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction that extends horizontally, each of the first and second receivers comprising a translatable portion, the translatable portions being configured for respectively receiving the opposite ends of the stretcher so that the major dimension of the stretcher extends in the longitudinal direction, a support assembly carried by the frame and movably supporting the translatable portions so that the translatable portions are for guiding the stretcher in a lateral direction between extended and retracted positions that are horizontally coplanar, the lateral direction extending horizontally and crosswise to the longitudinal direction, and maximal elevation of the support assembly being the same in the extended and retracted positions; and the station further comprises a catch tray, positioned to catch fluids or other foreign objects falling from a stretcher, or person thereon, received above the tray, the catch tray being spaced from the stretcher.