
Ambulance Litter Integrity, Retention, and Patient Restraint
STANDARD published on 1.6.2022
Designation standards: SAE J3027
Publication date standards: 1.6.2022
Country: American technical standard
Category: Technical standards SAE
This SAE Recommended Practice describes the testing procedures required to evaluate the integrity of a ground ambulance-based patient litter, litter retention system, and patient restraint when exposed to a frontal, side or rear impact. Its purpose is to provide litter manufacturers, ambulance builders, and end-users with testing procedures and, where appropriate, acceptance criteria that, to a great extent ensures the patient litter, litter retention system, and patient restraint utilizes a similar dynamic performance test methodology to that which is applied to other vehicle seating and occupant restraint systems. Descriptions of the test set-up, test instrumentation, photographic/video coverage, test fixture, and performance metrics are included.
SUBFILE: Commercial Vehicle
TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Ground Vehicle Standard