Wheelchair Package

Ambulances are capable of transporting two patients per trip, making them inefficient and costly to operate during mass casualty incidents. Most large buses can be retrofitted with one AmbuBus Kit to transport up to 18 wheelchair-bound patients when the majority of bus seats are removed. These configurations leave ample room for medical personnel and equipment. AmbuBus installation can be customized to allow for space for additional medical staff, ambulatory patients, stretchers, and more.

Regardless of a locality’s size, there are always buses available for public or student transportation needs. By incorporating these buses and the AmbuBus Kit into disaster plans, communities can be more prepared to help those with special needs. Localities can store palletized, stackable AmbuBus Kits in bus depots to allow for easy installation in case of disaster or mass casualty incident.

Once the seats are removed from the bus, it takes two people about one hour to install two frames for a full AmbuBus deployment. The AmbuBus Kit comes with illustrated instructions and an Installation Tool Kit that includes all the hand tools necessary to install the kit. Power tools maybe be used, but are not required.

With the AmbuBus Kit installed, it is easy to reconfigure a stretcher arrangement into wheelchair-compatible arrangement and back. By laying the stretcher(s) down against frame of the vehicle, three stretchers can be replaced with up to three wheelchairs. Once the wheelchairs are removed, replace the arms of the stretchers into the suspended strapping to return to a stretcher configuration.

The AmbuResponse Wheelchair Package is compatible with all standard wheelchairs, as well as motorized, over-sized, and other specialized wheelchairs.