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Clan Tent Co. Casualty Bag (inner mattress)

Accession Number

031.2008.1

Object Name

Clan Tent Co. Casualty Bag (inner mattress)

Created

05/02/2008

Creator

Liz Wilshaw

Accession Date

05/02/2008

Brief Description

casualty bag inner mattress sage green, rectangular with shaped (mummy style ) head made by CLAN tent company of Greenock, sage green

Materials

foam

Dimensions

194cm(L)x 51cm(W)x4cm (D)

Number Of Objects

1

Colour

sage green

Maker

CLAN tent Co.

Object Production Place

UK

Provenance

A guy called Dave Chalmers started the Clan Tent Co. In Greenock in the 1970’s. Initially concentrating on tents (as the name implies) he expanded into other ‘lines’ including the casualty bag that we have here in the collection, which Dave made himself on his trusty sewing machine as he did with all his other items.
One of the first principles of first aid in a mountain rescue is to keep the casualty warm; blankets were used in the early days until guys like Dave came along with better ideas such as this one which is a sort of scoop stretcher with handles so that a casualty can be easily slid onto a stretcher.
Dave did a lot of development with Hamish MacInnes and the Glencoe rescue team in the 1970/80’s, though this particular one belonged to Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team.

Acquisition Date

05/02/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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