Standards Development

Sector: Governance & Resilience

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Overview: Under the direction of CH/239 is responsible for the UK input into CEN/TC 239/WG 1. It is to establish standards for medical road vehicles and their equipment in order to optimize pre-hospital care and facilitate transportation of patients including cross-border transfers and major disasters. The standards shall embrace the special requirements of the base vehicle, the patient's compartment, the driver's compartment and the equipment. To establish standard for stretchers and other patient handling equipment including stretchers, undercarriages and sedan chairs. To facilitate interchange ability for patient transfers. . NOTE: The standard shall define the special requirements for ambulance vehicles and their equipment, and shall not define technical specifications of the vehicles for which E. C or other regulations apply or are in the process of being formulated. Medical devices such as defibrillators, infusion devices etc shall comply with existing European Standards where applicable.