Inflatable trendelenburg transfer and pressure management apparatus

An apparatus for positioning a patient in a gravity dependent surgical position on a surgical table, the apparatus comprising:

• a high coefficient friction pneumatic foam pad having a top surface and a bottom surface;
• an inflatable base, the base having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface disposed beneath and supporting the bottom surface of the foam pad, the bottom surface having one or more low coefficient friction areas and having one or more high coefficient friction areas disposed thereon, the base having one or more chambers capable of being disposed in fluid communication with a source of fluid for inflating the base, wherein inflation of the one or more chambers causes the low coefficient friction areas to contact the surgical table and causes the high coefficient of friction areas to be removed from contact with the surgical table and deflation of the base causes the high coefficient friction areas to contact the surgical table;
• one or more baffles disposed in fluid communication with the one or more chambers;
• one or more inflation ports on the apparatus disposed in fluid communication with the source of fluid for inflating the base;
• a plurality of handles extending laterally from opposite sides of the apparatus;
• and,
• one or more straps extending laterally from opposite sides of the apparatus.