The Stamo

Rationale for the Stamo

Existing problems

- Not enough drip stands at hospital.

- Overcrowded - little to no space to walk around

- Standard IV stands potentially dangerous by being knocked over in the crowded area.

- Fire departments team to patient ratio was about 10:1, but nurse to patient would have been 50:1 or worse. -- Gregory Watson from Tsunami Response Team in Banda Aceh 2004

Existing makeshift design

- Snag hazard

- Some rooms may not have exposed beams at the ceiling to hang IV drips from

My Design – The Stamo

This consists of the bases, the Euroklamp and the U-bolt hooks, which would be brought in to the disaster area, from Australia, and then supplied with standard poles from the neighboring cities in which the tsunami occurred. The local NGOs help with this.

Addressing problems through my proposed design:

- Utilises minimal material while being safe and functional

- For more patients, more poles added to extend space for IV bags

- Users can adjust how much space is given to each patient

According to Bodyspace, I would recommend a minimum of 4 people to 3 poles. Each pole being 1.2metres. Also taken into consideration is the space that the patient has to move around.

- Minimized space by allowing users to position patients head to head on the same poles

- Weight bases resistant to toppling

The Stamo

- The stand

- Basically, it is a structure that IV drips can be suspended from, to supply liquid medicine to patients on the floor

- The entire design is modular, meaning that most features can be adjusted or changed. The length of the poles are recommended to be 1.2meters, but even if a pole that is too long is used instead, the Euroklamp can be adjusted to a lower height. Also, more poles can be added on to the system, when more patients arrive.

- There are weights on either side of the frame, in the bases to prevent toppling or movement.

- If one bag is removed, or if patient’s bags sway, there will be minimal impact on other patients due to sturdy rods holding everything up.

- The parts of the entire Stamo sytem mostly consist of pre-existing products. The reason for this is because there is no use in redesigning something that already exists. Only the base which is filled with water or sand for weight and the flat piece in the U bolt was redesigned. This would save money in manufacturing and materials.

Supply the Stamo

Non-government organisations from Australia, eg. the Fire Brigade, would bring in the Stamo: the water bases, U bolt and Euroklamps. Locals would supply the poles, possibly local NGOs and bring the poles in from neighborring towns/cities. Local NGO’s in Indonesia that helped out included: Project Concern Indonesia (PCI), Mercy Corps Indonesia, Matahari Foundation (local NGO), Palang Merah Indonesia – PMI, who helped to bring equipment in.

Afterlife

In order to make full use of the product, eliminate wastage, I have designed them so that they can be used post-tsunami disaster response for hospital use. Horizontal pole is re-attached to vertical pole to act as permanent IV pole in the hospitals.