A device intended to be fixed (e.g., to a healthcare facility wall, ambulance, trolley, floor) to enable easy and secure short-term and/or long-term mounting of a portable active medical device (e.g., an electronic/electromechanical device such as a barcode reader, emergency suction system, humidifier, resuscitator) during use; the parent device is not included. It may be dedicated to mounting a specific parent device, or non-dedicated. It may in addition allow for integration of a power cable, which may be included; it may provide for storage of the device but is not a dedicated storage mount.