Extendable and retractable gurney

An extendable and retractable gurney mountable to a rescue vehicle and configured to receive and hold a rescue basket thereon, the retractable gurney comprising:

• a base comprising:
• a set of spaced apart longitudinal slider brackets fixedly mounted to a base frame, configured to attach to a floor area of a rescue vehicle;
• a set of sliders;
• each slider of the set of sliders operatively engaged with and sliding relative to one of the set of longitudinal base supports from a stowed position to an extended position;
• and
• a rescue basket support frame mounted to the set of sliders and above the base, the rescue basket support frame including:
• a rescue basket cradle configured to support an end and both sides of a rescue basket, the rescue basket cradle including a pair of spaced apart longitudinal rescue basket side supports joined by a rescue basket end support;
• a first series of rollers arrayed to facilitate rolling contact between the series of rollers and an underside of a rescue basket, when a rescue basket is placed on the rescue basket cradle;
• a plurality of cross beams configured to cradle and support a rescue basket thereon and extending laterally between the pair of spaced apart longitudinal basket side supports such that when in use the rescue basket support frame slides on a second series of rollers.

An extendable and retractable gurney configured to receive and hold a rescue basket thereon, the extendable and retractable gurney comprising:

• a base configured for mounting to a floor area of a rescue vehicle, the base comprising a set of spaced apart longitudinal immobile slider brackets, and a corresponding set of sliders;
• each slider of the set operatively engaged with one of the set of longitudinal immobile slider brackets, and sliding from a stowed position to an extended position;
• a rescue basket support frame including:
• a rescue basket cradle configured to support an end and both sides of a rescue basket, the rescue basket cradle including a pair of spaced apart longitudinal basket side supports joined at their respective proximal ends to form a rescue basket end support;
• a plurality of cross beams extending laterally between the pair of spaced apart longitudinal basket side supports, the cross beams mounted infixed mechanical relation to the sliders and configured to cradle and support a rescue basket thereon;
• a pair of spaced apart parallel longitudinally extending slats mounted to the cross beams to extend at a lower elevation than, and inboard of, the pair of spaced apart longitudinal basket side supports;
• and
• a series of rollers arrayed along the pair of spaced apart parallel longitudinally extending slats, the rollers extending at least partially above upper surfaces of said slats.