EN 1789:2020+A1:2023
(Main)Medical vehicles and their equipment - Road ambulances
Medical vehicles and their equipment - Road ambulances
This European Standard specifies requirements for the design, testing, performance and equipping of road ambulances used for the transport, monitoring, treatment and care of patients. It contains requirements for the patient’s compartment in terms of the working environment, ergonomic design and the safety of the crew and patients.This European Standard does not cover the training of the staff which is the responsibility of the authority/authorities in the country where the ambulance is to be registered.
This European Standard is applicable to road ambulances capable of transporting at least one person on a stretcher and excludes the transportation of hospital beds.
This standard also specifies requirements for ambulances intended to carry transport incubator systems.
The European Standard covers the specific requirements of each type of road ambulance which are
designated according to the patient condition e.g. patient transport road ambulance types A1, A2, B and C.
This European Standard gives general requirements for medical devices carried in road ambulances and used therein and outside hospitals and clinics in situations where the ambient conditions can differ from normal indoor conditions.
Rettungsdienstfahrzeuge und deren Ausrüstung - Krankenkraftwagen
Dieses Dokument legt Anforderungen an Gestaltung, Prüfung, Ausführung und Ausrüstung für Krankenkraftwagen fest, die für den Transport, die Überwachung, die Behandlung und die Versorgung von Patienten genutzt werden. Es enthält Anforderungen an den Patientenraum im Hinblick auf die Arbeitsumgebung, die ergonomische Gestaltung und die Sicherheit des Personals und der Patienten. Dieses Dokument behandelt nicht die Ausbildung des Personals. Dafür ist die Behörde/ sind die Behörden des Landes zuständig, in dem der Krankenkraftwagen registriert ist.
Dieses Dokument gilt für Krankenkraftwagen, in denen mindestens ein Patient liegend auf einer Krankentrage transportiert werden kann. Es schließt den Transport von Krankenhausbetten aus.
Dieses Dokument legt auch die Anforderungen für Krankenkraftwagen fest, die für den Transport von Transportinkubatorsystemen vorgesehen sind.
Dieses Dokument behandelt die besonderen Anforderungen an jeden Typ von Krankenkraftwagen, die entsprechend dem Patientenzustand bezeichnet sind.
Dieses Dokument enthält allgemeine Anforderungen an Medizinprodukte (Geräte), die in Krankenkraftwagen befördert und im Krankenkraftwagen sowie außerhalb von Krankenhäusern und Kliniken verwendet werden, wo sich die Umgebungsbedingungen von den normalen Innenraumbedingungen unterscheiden können.
Véhicules de transport sanitaire et leurs équipements - Ambulances routières
Medicinska vozila in pripadajoča oprema - Cestna reševalna vozila
Ta dokument določa zahteve za načrtovanje, preskušanje, zmogljivost in opremljanje cestnih reševalnih vozil, ki se uporabljajo za prevoz, spremljanje, zdravljenje in oskrbo pacientov. Vsebuje zahteve za
prostor za paciente v smislu delovnega okolja, ergonomske oblike in varnosti osebja in pacientov. Ta dokument ne obravnava usposabljanja osebja reševalnega vozila, za kar je odgovoren organ oz. organi v državi, v kateri bo reševalno vozilo registrirano.
Ta dokument se uporablja za cestna reševalna vozila, ki lahko prevažajo najmanj eno osebo na nosilih, in ne obravnava prevoza na bolniški postelji.
Ta dokument določa tudi zahteve za reševalna vozila, ki so namenjena prevozu
inkubatorjev.
Ta dokument obravnava posebne zahteve za posamezno vrsto cestnega reševalnega vozila, ki so oblikovane
glede na stanje pacienta.
Ta dokument določa splošne zahteve za medicinsko opremo, ki se prevaža v cestnih reševalnih vozilih in uporablja v teh vozilih
ter zunaj bolnišnic in klinik v primerih, v katerih obstaja možnost, da se okoljski pogoji razlikujejo od običajnih notranjih pogojev.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-marec-2024
Medicinska vozila in pripadajoča oprema - Cestna reševalna vozila
Medical vehicles and their equipment - Road ambulances
Rettungsdienstfahrzeuge und deren Ausrüstung - Krankenkraftwagen
Véhicules de transport sanitaire et leurs équipements - Ambulances routières
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 1789:2020+A1:2023
ICS:
11.160 Prva pomoč First aid
43.160 Vozila za posebne namene Special purpose vehicles
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EN 1789:2020+A1
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
December 2023
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 11.160; 43.160 Supersedes EN 1789:2020
English Version
Medical vehicles and their equipment - Road ambulances
Véhicules de transport sanitaire et leurs équipements - Rettungsdienstfahrzeuge und deren Ausrüstung -
Ambulances routières Krankenkraftwagen
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 13 April 2020 and includes Amendment approved by CEN on 21 September
2023.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
Centre has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and
United Kingdom.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 9
4 Requirements . 10
4.1 General requirements . 10
4.2 Electrical requirements . 10
4.2.1 General . 10
4.2.2 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) . 11
4.2.3 Battery and alternator . 11
4.2.4 Electrical installation . 12
4.2.5 Visual warning system and audible warning system (siren) . 13
4.2.6 Reversing systems . 13
4.2.7 Exterior illumination lights . 13
4.3 Vehicle body . 14
4.3.1 Fire safety . 14
4.3.2 Driver's seat configuration . 14
4.3.3 Minimum passenger capacity . 14
4.3.4 Bulkhead . 15
4.3.5 Openings (doors, windows, emergency exits) . 15
4.3.6 Loading area. 16
4.4 Patient’s compartment . 18
4.4.1 General . 18
4.4.2 Safety . 18
4.4.3 Hygiene . 18
4.4.4 Patient’s compartment dimensions . 19
4.4.5 Patient and crew seating . 24
4.4.6 Ventilation and anaesthetic gas scavenging systems . 25
4.4.7 Temperature control system . 25
4.4.8 Interior lighting . 26
4.4.9 Interior noise level . 26
4.4.10 Holding system for infusion . 26
4.4.11 Retention, fixation and restraint systems . 27
4.4.12 Mass reserve . 27
5 Testing . 27
5.1 General . 27
5.2 Testing of the interior noise level . 27
5.2.1 Specific measurement conditions . 27
5.2.2 Measurements . 28
5.3 Testing of retention systems and fixation of the equipment in the patient’s
compartment . 28
5.3.1 General . 28
5.3.2 Testing of the stretcher fixation on the vehicle floor . 30
5.3.3 Testing of the medical devices fixation. 30
5.3.4 Testing of furniture . 30
5.3.5 Test procedure . 31
5.4 Testing of rounded edges and radius inside the patient's compartment. 32
5.4.1 Testing of rounded edges . 32
5.4.2 Testing of radius inside the patient's compartment . 33
5.5 Procedure to verify the patient's compartment specifications . 33
5.6 Procedure to verify the loading area specifications . 33
5.6.1 General . 33
5.6.2 Procedure to verify the loading angle of 16° . 33
5.7 Procedure to verify the dimensions of the patient's compartment . 35
5.7.1 Type A and B road ambulances. 35
5.7.2 Type C road ambulances . 35
5.8 Procedure to verify the seats dimensions of the patient's compartment . 36
5.9 Testing of the ventilation system . 36
5.10 Testing of the heating system . 37
5.11 Testing of the cooling system . 37
5.11.1 Test procedure . 37
5.11.2 Testing of independent air conditioning system . 38
5.12 Testing of interior lighting . 38
5.13 Testing of infusion holding system . 38
6 Equipment and medical devices . 39
6.1 Provision of medical devices . 39
6.2 Medical devices storage. 39
6.3 Requirements for medical devices . 39
6.3.1 General . 39
6.3.2 Temperature . 39
6.3.3 Humidity and ingress of liquids . 39
6.3.4 Mechanical strength . 39
6.3.5 Fixation of devices . 40
6.3.6 Electrical safety . 40
6.3.7 User interface . 40
6.3.8 Gas installation . 40
6.3.9 Marking and instructions .
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