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Millennia™ Backboard Users’ Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Section 1 - Safety Information ............4 Section 2 - Learning About the Backboard ........4 Section 3 - Operator Skills and Training ........6 Section 4 - Using the Backboard ........... 6 Section 5 - Maintaining the Backboard .........
Use the backboard only for the purpose described in this manual. Ferno offers the backboard in 16” and 18” widths. The backboard is constructed of ABS plastic. Backboard features include a tapered foot end, handholds, speed-clip pins, and molded slots for mounting a head-immobilizer.
2.2 General Specifications Specifications listed at left are general. For detailed specifications, contact Ferno Customer Width ............16 in. Service, page 9. Ferno reserves the right to Length ..........72 in. change specifications without notice. Depth ..........1 Weight ..........13 lb.
Users’ Manual Millennia™ Backboard SECTION 3 - OPERATOR SKILLS AND TRAINING 3.1 Skills q Practice with the backboard before using it in regular service. q Operators need a working knowledge of emergency patient-handling procedures. q Test each trainee’s understanding of the backboard.
Millennia™ Backboard Users’ Manual 4.3 Applying the Backboard Lifting and Carrying Helpers 1. Follow local EMS guidelines and procedures for stabilizing patient before placing him/her on backboard. Operators 2. Apply any appropriate cervical or extrication collars for additional head and neck support.
430-P ..... Restraint. Polypropylene webbing, plastic buckle Ferno also offers a full line of emergency products 439 ....Backboard Strap Kit for the EMS professional. 770 ....Fastrap Restraint System To purchase accessories or other Ferno products, 773 ....
Limited Warranty Obligation If a product or part is proven to be defective, Ferno will repair or replace it. At our option, we will refund the product’s purchase price. The purchaser accepts these terms in lieu of all damages.