This Master's Thesis describes the process of development of a stretcher
receiving and fixation device typically employed by emergency services. The
main tasks of such devices are to perform the loading and unloading of the
stretchers and to ensure the transport safety of the stretchers within an
ambulance. The thesis is based both on the official rescue standards DIN EN
1789 and DIN EN 1865 and on the design related VDI guidelines 2220 and
2221. The rescue standards will both lay the foundation for the
introduction into the topic of this Master's Thesis and for the
substantiation of the selected device to be engineered. Upon a thorough
patent and literature research existing approaches will be investigated in
detail from which a state-of-the-art solution will derive. Among others the
systematically carried out development will result in a processing
principle, a functional structure, several solution principles, and various
technical principles and in a specific technical principle. The latter
serves in particular the development of the design of the stretcher
supports. The results of this development are summarized in form of design
documents. Completing this Master's Thesis its interpretation provides not
only an overview of the work results but also future development
possibilities of stretcher supports.