EADS Supplies Protected Rescue Stations for Operations Abroad

, FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany: EADS is assisting the German Armed Forces in its deployment of German soldiers abroad by providing protected containers for medical treatment. As the company announced on Friday, EADS Defence Electronics had been given an order for the delivery of 30 protected rescue stations by the Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement BWB. The rescue stations are housed in standardised 20-foot containers and ensure initial medical treatment and emergency care of the highest medical and hygienic level. 
 
With its mobile water and power supply, the air-conditioned rescue stations can be operated completely autonomously for a period of up to three days. The systems just ordered will be particularly well protected against ballistic fire. To increase mobility, the rescues stations will be operated in transport position on the relevant transport vehicle or trailer. Attached ascending ramps ensure easy access even when using a stretcher. This means there is no need for the container to be loaded and unloaded with lifting equipment, which would also have to be transported.