With the development of urban construction in China, there are more and more high-rise residential buildings, and the importance of elevators in the daily life of residents has also increased. At the same time, with the acceleration of the aging society, the people's material and cultural living standards have improved, and the problem of insufficient elevator selection in residential buildings has become increasingly apparent. At present, the elevator car of our high-rise residential buildings is generally small in space and can only be used for normal life. Once there is a patient in need of emergency assistance, the ambulance personnel cannot lift the stretcher into the elevator and can only take the stairs. Especially in patients with cerebral hemorrhage, myocardial infarction, etc., after the onset, they can only be supine and urgently need to be transported. The higher the residential floor, the more difficult it is to rescue, and it is likely to delay the rescue time. However, due to the installation of large-area elevators, it will inevitably increase the pool area of ​​the units, thus affecting the sales of houses. Many developers are subjectively reluctant to add medical elevators (that is, elevators that can accommodate stretchers).

With the rapid development of the national economy and the improvement of people's living standards, the housing industry has become the pillar industry of China's national economy. In order to promote the improvement of the technical level of residential buildings, the Ministry of Construction proposed in the technical standards for residential performance evaluation to replace “residential quality” with “residential performance”, from the original focus on construction quality to comprehensive strengthening design quality, environmental quality, and property management. quality. However, the number of people in China is unavoidable, so the proportion of high-rise residential buildings in residential construction is increasing. The proportion of high-rise residential buildings in large cities has exceeded 72%. Therefore, the configuration of elevators is in residential performance. The importance is increasingly prominent.

In addition to the daily use of the residents, the elevators installed in the residential buildings are also necessary to ensure the safety of people with mobility problems, especially the disabled, the elderly and children in daily life and emergency situations, because the stairs are used for such people. It is very difficult or even dangerous. In developed countries, elevators are usually installed on floors above the second floor. The US Building Code requires that at least one elevator capable of placing a stretcher be placed in a multi-storey building and that it can serve each floor.

The aging of society is already a common phenomenon. In order to adapt to the current situation of aging society, we should consider expanding the scope of elevator deployment. If conditions permit, multi-storey homes should also consider setting up elevators. Newly built high-rise homes should consider setting up elevators that can be placed horizontally on the rescue stretcher.