Safe Brace

Preventative action is a vital aspect of healthcare. It concerns predicting and preventing accidents and illness. Hence the use of vaccines, pacemakers and insulin pumps. In the case of traffic accidents, whiplash and spinal injury are ever-present dangers. Bystanders often rush to a crash scene and drag people from a car, only to worsen their injuries in the process. This risk could be avoided if the neck could be stabilised straight away. ‘Safe Brace’, located inside the headrest and easily removed thanks to the visible tag, does just that. This product proposal by Anna Münz features easy-to-understand diagrams that explain how to open the compact container and position the brace, where it expands slightly to provide good support until the emergency services arrive.