Stowable rescue device for patient transport

A stowable rescue device for transporting incapacitated individuals across inclined and substantially horizontal terrain, the rescue device comprising:

• a unitary and substantially rigid sled body having a bottom with reinforcing corrugations, opposed foot and back ends, opposed sidewalls, a top perimeter edge formed by the opposed sidewalls, foot end, and back end, a plurality of integral hand holds formed in the top perimeter edge, and a plurality of handle openings through the sidewalls adjacent to the hand holds;
• a unitary and substantially rigid back support member hingably attached to the sled body adjacent to the back end of the sled body, and the back support member being pivotable between a transport position and a stored position, and when in the transport position, for supporting a back of an individual being transported;
• an elongated lowering strap attached to at least one of the sled body and back support member adjacent the back end of the sled body;
• a plurality of safety belts anchored to at least one of the sled body and back support member to hold the individual being transported;
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• a plurality of fixed position rollers attached to the bottom of the sled body.

A stowable rescue device for transporting incapacitated individuals across inclined and substantially horizontal terrain in combination with a hanging apparatus, the rescue device comprising:

• a unitary and substantially rigid sled body having a bottom, a foot end, a back end opposed to the foot end, opposed sidewalls, a top perimeter edge formed by the opposed sidewalls, foot end, and back end, a plurality of integral hand holds formed in the top perimeter edge, and a plurality of handle openings through the sidewalls adjacent to the hand holds;
• a substantially rigid back support member attached to the sled body adjacent to the back end of the sled body for supporting a back of an individual being transported;
• an elongated lowering strap attached to at least one of the sled body and back support member;
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• at least one safety belt anchored to at least one of the sled body and back support member to hold the individual being transported;
• and the hanging apparatus comprising:
• a substantially flat and rigid wall component for mounting on a support surface such as a wall;
• a pair of opposed hanging arms attached to the wall component and extending at an angle relative to the wall component, so that the hanging arms extend away from the support surface, and the hanging arms having outer ends;
• a pair of elongated hanging tabs attached to the outer ends of the hanging arms, and the hanging tabs extending above the hanging arms;
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• the hanging arms extending through the handle openings with the hanging tabs securing the rescue device on the hanging apparatus.