Description
This standard specifies requirements for the design, testing, performance and equipping of road ambulances used for the transport and care of patients. It contains requirements for the patient’s compartment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Contents | Page |
| 1 Scope | 1 |
| 2 Normative references | 1 |
| 3 Terms and definitions | 3 |
| 4 Requirements | 4 |
| 4.1 General requirements | 4 |
| 4.2 Performance | 5 |
| 4.3 Electrical requirements | 5 |
| 4.4 Vehicle body | 6 |
| 4.5 Patient’s compartment | 9 |
| 5 Testing | 18 |
| 5.1 Testing of the interior noise level | 18 |
| 5.2 Testing of the acceleration | 18 |
| 5.3 Testing of maintain systems and fixations of the equipment in the patient’s compartment | 18 |
| 5.4 Testing of rounded edges | 19 |
| 6 Medical devices | 21 |
| 6.1 Provision of medical devices | 21 |
| 6.2 Medical devices storage | 21 |
| 6.3 Requirements for medical devices | 21 |
| 6.4 Mechanical strength – Test methods for medical devices for use in road ambulances | 24 |
| 6.5 List of equipment | 25 |
| Annex A (informative) Recognition | 31 |
| Annex B (informative) Test summary | 32 |
| Annex C (informative) Certificate of compliance | 33 |
| Bibliography | 34 |