Universal sized vest, with specially tailored pockets designed to hold medical supplies, provides first aid/first care medical teams with broadened on-site capability. Vest is made of nylon, tough fibrous materials, and polyvinyl chloride. Design facilitates rapid donning, doffing, and adjustment

Johnson, G. S.

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October 1970	 Brief 70-10529 
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Medical Vest Broadens Treatment Capability 
A universally sized vest, with specially tailored 
pockets designed to hold medical supplies, has been 
developed to provide first aid/first care medical teams 
with a broadened on-site capability, particularly dur-
ing disaster situations. The vest (see fig.) has spaces for 
a full complement of required materials which are 
easily accessible :,a depleted vest can be exchanged 
quickly for a fully equipped vest; and most important, 
additional logistical support is not required. A trained 
paramedic could treat four or five victims, and groups 
of trained paramedics equipped with these vests could 
handle disaster situations. Prior to this development, 
medical supplies were carried by hand or in a bag, 
and treatment during disaster conditions was com-
paratively slow.
The vest is made of nylon, tough fibrous materials, 
and polyvinyl chloride, and could last indefinitely. 
Pocket flaps, front closure, and a retention adjust-
ment strap are secured by "velcro" (hook and pile 
material) which facilitates rapid donning, doffing, and 
adjustment. Sufficient pockets exist for all standard 
medical items such as tourniquets, airway pharyngeal 
rubber tubes, all sizes of bandages, scissors, and med-
ications. Medical disaster units at airports, Civil De-
fense, and related agencies should be interested in this 
item. 
Note: 
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questions, however, may be directed to: 
Technology Utilization Officer 
Kennedy Space Center 
Code AD-PAT 
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899 
Reference: B70-10529 
Patent status: 
No patent action is contemplated by NASA. 
Source: G.S. Johnson of 
Trans World Airlines, Inc. 
under contract to 
Kennedy Space Center 
(KSC- 10577) 
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