Securing the Smallest Patients

Pediatric patients are never easy, due to the nature of treating this specific patient population. Finding the right equipment for peds patients can be a headache, but sometimes a device comes along that just makes sense.

The Quantum ACR (Ambulance Child Restraint) is an innovative, flexible and fully adjustable harnessing system for the safe and effective transport of infants and children in an ambulance, and is color coded for easy selection in four sizes from 4 to 99 pounds. The ACR can be used on any model cot and the patient can be lying down or sitting in the upright position.

For Delta Ambulance in Waterville, ME, the ACR is the perfect replacement for unwieldy car seats.

“We decided to use the Quantum ACR because we were using car seats and as ambulances get smaller and fuller we no longer had the room to carry car seats with us,” says Phil Smith, purchasing manager/paramedic. “It was a real pain to bring them wherever we needed them, and all of our car seats were going to be outdated soon anyway.”

Smith says the advantages of the ACR are numerous. It’s simple, small enough to carry on each truck, providers can tighten it down to the stretcher without the device becoming too tight on the child, and it doesn’t hamper the ability of providers to actually get to the child once it’s in place.

“It’s not often that an item comes along that just fits every need, and this was just a no brainer,” Smith says. “It’s been very beneficial to have one little kit you can go to, that can fit in the cabinet, that you can use to strap a child in.”

And Smith has been equally impressed with Quantum EMS. “They sent me samples when I needed them, and they actually wanted my feedback, wanted to know what they could do to make it better. I appreciated that.”

Visit www.quantum-ems.com.