Emergency medical services system

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EXAMPLE EMBODIMENTS AND BEST MODE OF THE INVENTION An emergency medical response vest according to the invention is illustrated in FIGS.
1 and 2 with detailed diagrammatic views of the front right and left sides of the vest in FIGS.
1A and 1B showing the layout of the vest structure and arrangement of EMS equipment and supplies carried on the vest.
The personnel vest or vest jacket 10 is formed with a neck opening 12, armholes 14, and waist opening 15 with an over-lapping placket 16 extending between the neck opening 12 and waist opening 15 at the center front of the vest.
Quick release closure strips 18 line the side edges of the vest below the placket 16 for rapidly opening and closing the vest.
Alternatively a zipper closure is used.
The outside front of the placket 16 is covered over its entire length with a reflective tape strip.
The respective neck, arm and waist openings 12, 14 and 15 are formed with flexible material borders 20 such as jersey-knit borders or hems for non-binding close fit of the vest 10 on EMS personnel.
A vital instrument of emergency medical response is the stethoscope 22 which is carried around the neck opening 12 and over the shoulders of the vest by a pair of stethoscope retaining loops 24 placed on the shoulder seams on either shoulder.
The retaining loops 24 are quick release loops formed for example of Velcro (Trademark) strips or ends for quickly opening the loops to retrieve the stethoscope 22.
These quick release stethoscope retaining loops 24 are spaced from the neck opening 12 and neck border or hem 20 so that the length of the stethoscope 22 lying on its side is distributed along and over the shoulders.
A pair of elastic loops 25 are placed at the top right front side or right front shoulder of the vest for holding an adult-size airway 26 and child-size airway 28 for establishing an airway.
The loops 25 may also be oriented along a diagonal line extending between the center of the neck opening 12 and the bottom of the armhole 14 at approximately a 45 degree angle relative to the horizontal so that the airways lie diagonally across the area between the armhole and neck