PATIENT PRIVACY AND PROTECTION
A Rigloo shelter is a lightweight, inflatable emergency tent designed for first responders. It can be quickly placed over the patient and rescuer without moving them, which is vital in trauma cases.
It provides immediate protection from weather, helps retain body heat, and offers privacy in public areas. The Rigloo is compact, fast to deploy, and protects both patient and responder, allowing safer and more effective care. In short, it’s a portable emergency shelter that can save lives when time matters.
THE UNIQUE P.O.P.S. STRUCTURE
Due to the unique P.O.P.S. structure (Place / Over / Patient / Structure), the RIGLOO Prehospital Shelter Tent can be quickly and safely placed over the patient and the first responder without moving them.
This feature is crucial for a shelter like Rigloo because the unique P.O.P.S. structure allows it to be quickly placed over the patient and responder without moving them. This minimizes risk in critical situations and provides immediate protection from weather and public view, improving safety and care on scene.
The RIGLOO Rescuer Orange is a high-visibility emergency shelter, ideal for urban or roadside use. Its bright color ensures quick location and added safety in busy environments.
The RIGLOO Defender Woodland is designed for rural or forested areas. Its camo pattern blends into natural surroundings, making it ideal for military or wilderness operations.
The RIGLOO Defender Tundra suits snowy or open terrain. With a low-visibility design, it offers discreet protection while delivering the same fast, reliable shelter performance.
The EuroHeater is a compact, Diesel-powered heater to warm the inside of the Rigloo shelter. It helps maintain patient body temperature, supporting safe and effective prehospital care.
The CareFlare is a high-intensity, portable safety beacon used to mark the rescue site. Visible from a distance, it improves scene safety and guides additional responders to the location.
RIGLOO SHELTERS ADVANTAGES
RIGLOO Medical Shelters protect medical staff and patients from the prying eyes of onlookers. RIGLOO Shelters also protect the patient and physician from environmental influences such as wind, rain, cold, and sun, allowing for more focused and calm treatment. Protection from such environmental influences reduces stress and anxiety and can protect against excessive cooling (hyperthermia) of the patient.
The unique P.O.P.S. structure (Place / Over / Patient / Structure) allows the RIGLOO protective tent to be quickly and safely deployed over the patient and first responder. The declared goal is to move the patient as little as possible, treat him medically, and still protect him until transport can take place.
RIGLOO Medical Shelters allow first responders and physicians a high degree of freedom of movement during the treatment phase. In the RIGLOO Medical Shelters, a stretcher as well as other medical tools can be stored without any problems and the treating physician finds enough space next to it for the initial treatment.
RIGLOO Shelters serve a range of emergency situations. This applies to both civilian and tactical operations. The focus is always on prehospital care. RIGLOO Shelters are used for: Emergency care at accident scenes, protection in emergency situations, extended field care, search and rescue operations, medical emergencies, roadside rescues, and much more.
The aim is to move the victims as little as possible. To achieve this, the medical shelter must be able to be placed over the patient and the first rescuer. Thanks to a removable bottom, the RIGLOO Medical Shelters can be placed over the patient and the first rescuer and protect them from all unwanted influences
Quick to deploy and reusable – RIGLOO Medical Shelters are quick to set up and deploy. On average, the Medical & Ambulance Shelters are ready for use in one minute. The RIGLOO Shelters have inflatable and stable air chambers which enable this quick setup.
The RIGLOO Medical & Ambulance Shelter is easy to carry, inflate and operate. The RIGLOO Shelter is appropriately lightweight and is carried in a backpack that contains everything you need in an emergency. It can therefore be used not only by emergency responders in the prehospital phase but also by inexperienced persons to create a shelter until the rescue professionals arrive.
RIGLOO Shelters are designed with the needs of emergency responders in the prehospital phase in mind. RIGLOO Medical Shelters, therefore, feature the following solutions: IV Fluid Bag Attachment – Loops and pockets for holding or hanging saline, blood bags, and accessories are always present on RIGLOO shelter tents.
RIGLOO shelter tents are designed to be carried or stored in a bag or backpack. RIGLOO shelter tents weigh 8 kg including pump. RIGLOO Shelter solutions can easily be carried on a small emergency vehicle such as a quad bike or motorcycle. The RIGLOO backpack fits in almost every trunk of a vehicle.
RIGLOO protective shelters are robust, durable, and waterproof. Range of use from -50 Celsius to +60 Celius. SPF sun protection factor 30. RIGLOO shelters are not designed to spend days. It is about protection for short periods of time until the patient is transported away. RIGLOO shelters can be used several times
RIGLOO shelters are equipped with airflow controls and mosquito nets. Deployments in different climatic zones are therefore naturally part of the repertoire of a RIGLOO solution.
RIGLOO USECASES
Provides instant weather protection and privacy for patients and responders at crash scenes.
Covers injured workers immediately, shielding them from dust, noise, and public view.
Offers a private and weather-safe area for treating athletes directly on the field.
Lightweight and portable shelter for harsh terrain, preventing hypothermia and exposure.
Acts as a quick-deploy treatment space for triage and emergency care in large-scale events.
Camouflage versions provide discreet field care under tough and unpredictable conditions.
Serves as an immediate protective station for evacuees or rescue personnel in crisis zones.
Gives medical teams a fast and private setup for crowd-related incidents or minor injuries.
Temporary shelter solution for vulnerable people during heatwaves or freezing temperatures.
Covers patients on site before airlift, eliminating the need to move them pre-transport.
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RIGLOO PREHOSPITAL SHELTERS - WHAT PROBLEM DO THESE MEDICAL & TACTICAL SHELTERS SOLVE?
RIGLOO SHELTERS – A SHELTER SOLUTION BORN OUT OF A PROBLEM
In situations where on-site medical and ambulance care takes longer than originally planned or treatment and triage becomes difficult, the lightweight and quickly deployable RIGLOO Shelter is a valuable tool because it protects patients and rescuers from unplanned, adverse and unnecessary influences such as onlookers as well as wind and weather. To set up a RIGLOO Shelter, you usually need about one minute and no tools other than the supplied air pump.
The solutions offered up to this point were either Shelters converted for this purpose or no protection at all. So it was time to develop an appropriately specialized product. The removable floor makes the Shelter particularly suitable for this purpose.
RIGLOO STANDS FOR RESCUE IGLOO
RIGLOO designs and manufactures inflatable protective shelters. RIGLOO recognized early on the urgent need for a compact, reusable medical shelter to help and support first responders.
The quickly deployable RIGLOO shelter tents protect against wind and weather in emergency situations. They support rescue personnel in improving rescue results in adverse and uncontrollable environments. RIGLOO professional protective shelters are all lightweight and backpackable to provide care in situations where conventional supplies and equipment are inadequate. They provide visual protection and allow for prolonged first-response supplies. RIGLOO shelters support the work of police, firefighters, paramedics, emergency physicians, civil defense, military, army, mountain rescuers, and many other institutions
RIGLOO RESCUER
The RIGLOO Rescuer is designed for professional support of rescue operations. It protects victims and rescue personnel in the initial treatment and care phase until victims can be transported. The RIGLOO Rescuer Shelter is a lightweight, portable, rapidly inflatable shelter with a fully removable floor. It is designed to provide a stable and controllable environment protected from wind and weather for rescuers working pre-hospitalization or extended field operations.
RIGLOO DEFENDER
The RIGLOO Defender is designed for professional military emergency response and tactical military rescue operations. The RIGLOO Defender Tactical Shelter is a lightweight, portable, quick-inflating response tent with a fully removable floor. Available in a summer camouflage color and a winter camouflage color, the “Shelter” provides tactical rescue units and wounded personnel with a stable and controllable environment that is protected from wind and weather and appropriately well camouflaged.
WHAT PROBLEM DOES RIGLOO SOLVE?
RIGLOO protective shelters are ideal for supporting patients during first responder examinations, providing a protective and controllable environment that shields unwanted attention from passersby and creates an immediate space for field care, as well as protecting against environmental elements.
By controlling the environment, RIGLOO can help reduce the number of patients with prehospital hypothermia (defined as core temperature below 36.0 °C). This is sometimes observed in patients admitted to the emergency department for whom the rescue process was complex due to a difficult and lengthy rescue, infusion of cold resuscitation fluids, weather conditions, age, or critical health condition.
RIGLOO prevents rescuers from having to resort to camping equipment in emergency situations or improvise a solution with whatever is at hand. RIGLOO designs protective shelters for first responders and rescue workers in almost any situation. The goal is to provide supportive and professional tools for situations where quick and easy set-up and tear-down, privacy/visibility, a physical barrier, or another option for the incident commander is required. RIGLOO allows extensive control over the environment and thus plays its part in increasing the chances of rescue.
EXCURSUS: WHAT IS HYPOTHERMIA
What is meant by hypothermia*?
Hypothermia is a drop in mean core body temperature to below 36°C. However, the clinical limit is considered to be a core temperature of 35°C.
What causes hypothermia*?
Hypothermia is usually induced by cold temperatures when the body temperature drops faster than it can be compensated by the heat produced by the body (for example, by staying too long in the cold without adequate clothing, falling into the water, etc.).
Why is hypothermia dangerous*?
In severe hypothermia, especially in combination with underlying diseases, mortality is > 50%. Since the basal metabolic rate of the body decreases by approx. 6% per degree of core body temperature, the brain tolerates circulatory arrest and oxygen deprivation much longer.
The symptoms of hypothermia*?
Symptoms progress from shivering and lethargy to confusion, coma, and death. Mild hypothermia requires a warm environment and insulating blankets. In severe hypothermia, active rewarming of the body surface (e.g., with warm-air blanket systems, radiant heaters) and the body core (e.g., inhalation, warmed infusion and lavage, extracorporeal blood warming) becomes necessary.
*Please leave the diagnosis and treatment to a qualified and trained specialist.
RIGLOO SHELTERS – OPERATIONAL AREAS
RIGLOO Shelters are used in prehospital situations at the following organizations:
- Police Operations
- Paramedics
- Emergency physicians
- Civil defense
- Fire department
- Technical relief organizations
- Humanitarian aid organizations
- Civil protection
- Mountain rescuers
- Cave rescuers
- Water rescuers
- Customs and Border Guard
- Military and army
- Authorities
- Construction sites
- Industry
RIGLOO SHELTERS – OPERATIONAL SITUATIONS
RIGLOO Shelters are used in prehospital situations at the following organizations:
- Flood disasters
- Earthquake
- General crisis situations
- Crisis situations
- Aircraft accidents
- Train accidents
- Traffic accidents
- Fire situations
- Large fires
- Surveillance operations
- Construction works
- Sewer works
RIGLOO shelter tents serve a variety of purposes
Emergency care at accident scenes, shelter in emergency situations, extended field care, search and rescue operations, medical emergencies, roadside recovery and more.
- Quickly ready for use and reusable
RIGLOO shelter tents are quick to set up and reuse. On average, the tents are ready for use in one minute. - Removable floor
The goal is to move the victims as little as possible. Thanks to a removable floor, the RIGLOO protective tent can be placed over the casualty. - Ideal for first responders
The RIGLOO protective shelter is easy to carry, inflate and operate. For this reason, it can also be used by untrained persons. - IV Liquid bag attachment
Loops and pockets for holding or hanging saline, blood bags and accessories are always provided on RIGLOO protective shelter. - Compact and portable
RIGLOO protective shelter are designed to be carried or stored in a bag or backpack. RIGLOO shelter tents weigh 8 kg including pump - Robust even in a storm
RIGLOO shelter tents are robust, durable and waterproof. Operating range from -50 Celsius to +60 Celius. SPF sun proof factor 30 - Privacy protection
RIGLOO protective shelters Protect medical staff and patients from prying eyes. Environmental protection reduces stress and anxiety - Freedom of movement
RIGLOO protective shelters allow rescuers a high degree of freedom of movement. A stretcher can be easily accommodated in the RIGLOO protective shelter - For all situations
RIGLOO protective shelters are equipped with airflow controls and mosquito nets. Operations in different climatic zones are therefore naturally part of the repertoire of a RIGLOO solution.
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