Emergency preparedness vest

Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing emergency food and water and medical supplies in a body worn garment. The garment has a plurality of pockets labeled with their contents in the form of food and water. Other pockets are labeled with the type of injury the contents are intended to treat thereby eliminating the need to search or look into the pockets to find the supplies appropriate to the injury. The garment has a top vest portion worn around the torso and a separable bottom belt portion which can be worn independently as a belt and complete first aid kit by a second person.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention herein disclosed relates generally to emergency response equipment. More specifically, the invention herein described and disclosed relates to a custom configurable vest having a plurality of different pocket enclosures for storage of first aid and survival supplies adapted for emergencies which might occur in specific geographic locations. Further the device includes survival supplies, and first aid supplies in a removably engageable belt that can be given to another person to aid the injured. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Disasters occur in venues and locales around the earth on a regular basis. Natural disasters include such devastating events as earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods and tornados. Man-made disasters can be equally devastating and can be caused accidentally by explosions and industrial accidents as well as intentionally by terrorists such as the recent attacks in New York City. [0003] No matter how such disaster...

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Benefits of technology

[0025] Additionally desirable as an optional component would be the provision of a means for identification of the specific individual to whom the vest is assigned. This identification means will give rescue personnel the ability to identify the person found if they are unable to do so. This identification means might be a printed identification card deployed in one of the pockets, or serial number or bar code, or other means could be provided that is easily read by the responding personnel and compared to data stored at a remote location as to the identification of the wearer to which the vest was provided. Not only could this identification means help identify the wearer, their med

Problems solved by technology

Man-made disasters can be equally devastating and can be caused accidentally by explosions and industrial accidents as well as intentionally by terrorists such as the recent attacks in New York City.

No matter how such disasters are caused, the result is inevitably the same in that many people, lucky enough to survive, are injured.

Further, in the period subsequent to the occurrence of a disaster, frequently people are left to their own devices to survive for the first few hours or days.

However people living on the West Coast of the United States rarely encounter tornados but frequently are subjected to brush fires and floods.

More recently, the extreme danger post to coastal dwellers has been exhibited by the massive destructive power of tsunamis.

As a consequence of this variable risk of harm to people determined by their locale, there can be a variable requirement for the first aid supplies needed in specific geographic regions.

It lacks sufficient food and water for the reco

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