I am looking for some ideas of what other teams use for multiple non ambulatory patient decon set ups. I am a member of a career city Haz Mat response team that is contracted to respond throughout our county. I am the EMS Officer for our team and am looking to update our decon set up. Does anyone have a set up for multiple patients? Our system can easily handle those who can self ambulate as well as team members. Also, I would be interested in what plans other teams have for emergency evac/deon for rescuers who go down in the hot zone and need immediate emergency care. How do you plan to supply air to a trapped member without exposing them to the hazardous atmosphere?
Any comments or suggestions would be graetly appreciated.

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We use an old cot for non-ambulatory decon. We have also been known to set up a row of tables that allows us to put backboards or patients on them for decon, use them like a regular decon line. We stole a trick from our local CST team. They use seatbelt cutters for quick removal. Just swipe the suit with a wet towel with your decon solution of choice, then cut down and peel out This can be used for any decon. Why are we all so concerned with complete decon and saving suits? Cut them and get out of them. Aren't we supposed to use them once and get them replaced anyhow? Grab and drag from the hot zone, otherwisea slit in the wrist area can be used to get air into a suit. You can put a hose on an SCBA bottle and crack it open or free flow the air.
We use the converyor rollers you find at store or on the back of trucks. Rollers that we can either place a back boar on or a stokes baskey, then the same as above decon and a quick removal with either trauma shears or seatbelt cutters
check out www.tvicorp.com, this is the system that we use for ambulatory and non-ambulatory patients.
In Illinois, our MABAS (Mutual Aid Box Alarm System) system purchased and distributed Decon Vehicles throughout the state. These vehicles provide for quick and efficient mass decon as well as decon of non-ambulatory patients. Of course, the vehicles are not inexpensive, but the features that they have might be of some value. The conveyor system is a great idea (see pictures). The conveyors that came with our Decon vehicle have spray nozzels attached to the underside. This is designed to be used for a patient in a wire Stokes basket. The patient is decon'ed from the underside and then manually sprayed from above as well. Hope this gives you some ideas.

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