A rescue mattress is used to evacuate people with reduced mobility during an emergency situation.
In the event of an emergency, people with reduced mobility are vulnerable. They are often unable to take the stairs on their own. An evacuation mattress ensures that one or two first responders can bring the person to safety, even if you need to go down a flight of stairs. This means that these mats can be used during a horizontal and vertical evacuation.
A rescue mattress is often used as an alternative to an evacuation chair since the mats are so incredibly easy-to-use compared to chairs. An evacuation mattress is also known as an ‘escape mattress’, ‘evacuation mattress’ or ‘evac mat’. There are different types of rescue mats on the market. An example is the well-known S-CAPEPLUS range.
Here you can see a few images of children that are using the rescue mat S-CAPEPLUS.
Who installs a rescue mat?
Evacuation mattresses are mainly used by first responders and emergency services. They provide assistance in the event of emergency events, which might threaten the safety of employees or visitors. You could think of a fire or a major accident. In the event of an evacuation, this could mean that first reponders will need to use an evacuation mattress to bring the person with reduced mobility to a safe place.
An evac mat is installed by all kinds of organisations, such as:
- All sorts of care facilities
- Hotels
- Cinemas
- Museums
- Stadiums
- Public buildings
- Theatres
- Shopping centres
- Flat blocks
- Office buildings
How to use a rescue mat?
The use of a rescue mat depends on the brand you buy. Each brand has a different design and therefore requires a different user technique. Some manufacturers use straps to secure the victim to the mattress and other manufacturers use so-called body flaps. Below is a short tutorial video of the S-CAPEPLUS evacuation mattress:
An evacuation mattress for emergency services?
Emergency services such as the fire brigade, ambulances and rescue teams also use evacuation mats. This can be in the form of an inflatable version to facilitate transport via stairs or by means of a vacuum mattress. A vacuum mattress is mainly used when immobilization of the patient is required.
Would you like more information about rescue mats?
You can contact our customer service via email: info (at) tetcon-ge.com. One of product specialists will be happy to help out.
You can also give us a call on + 31 40 298 99 55.