Enveloping patient carrier and method for facilitating the transport and treament of patients

A patient carrier comprising:

• a flexible pouch operable to support a patient having a body weight, the pouch having a top side, a bottom side, a right wall and a left wall;
• a plurality of handles connected to the pouch including a plurality of handles connected to the right wall and a plurality of handles connected to the left wall;
• a plurality of elongated weight distribution members, each of the elongated weight distribution members extending between the right wall and the left wall adjacent to the bottom side, the elongated weight distribution members operable to distribute a portion of the body weight to the handles:
• a face opening defined by the top side;
• a plurality of arm members connected to the flexible pouch, each of the arm members having:
• (a) a first end connected to the right wall or left wall of the flexible pouch;
• and (b) a second end;
• at least one elongated re-closable torso opening defined by the pouch, the elongated re-closable torso opening having a size enabling the patient to be positioned inside the pouch;
• a plurality of re-closable chest openings defined by the pouch, the re-closable chest openings located on opposite sides of the elongated re-closeable torso opening so as to provide access to a chest area of the patient for medical treatment purposes;
• and
• a plurality of re-closable arm access openings, each of the re-closable arm access openings defined by one of the arm members, each of the re-closable arm access openings positioned between the first end and the second end of one of the arm members so as to provide access to an arm of the patient for medical treatment purposes.

A method for facilitating medical attention to a person, the method comprising:

• (a) providing a flexible patient carrier defining a cavity, the flexible patient carrier having a flexible top side and a flexible bottom side, the flexible top side defining a re-closable torso wall, a face opening and at least one re-closable medical attention wall wherein the re-closable torso wall, the face opening and the re-closable medical attention wall have different positions on the flexible top side;
• (b) opening the re-closable torso wall of the flexible patient carrier
• (c) placing the person into the cavity;
• (d) enabling a face of the person to be positioned adjacent to the face opening;
• (e) grasping a plurality of handles of the flexible patient carrier;
• a
• (f) carrying the flexible patient carrier to a desired location;
• (g) opening the re-closable medical attention wall so as to expose a body portion of the person;
• and
• (h) providing medical attention to the body portion of the person.