Medical evacuation patient support pallet

A reconfigurable patient support pallet system, for use in a vehicle, comprising:

• a pallet selectively detachably mountable on a floor of a compartment of the vehicle, the pallet having a floor surface spaced above the floor of the vehicle, a plurality of spaced apart track rails and a plurality of attachment points disposed on the surface of the pallet;
• and
• at least one rigid litter stanchion set detachably attached to the pallet along a pair of said track rails at a first plurality of the attachment points and at least one seat attached to the pallet along another part of said track rails at a second plurality of the attachment points, wherein the rigid litter stanchion set comprises:
• first and second column members insertably attachable to first and second stanchion base brackets, each of the stanchion base brackets being attachable to the pallet at a plurality of the attachment points;
• at least one vertically adjustable stanchion arm attachable to each of the first and second column members;
• and
• two cross-members attachable to the column members at a first end and attachable to a cross-member base bracket at a second end, the cross-member base bracket being attachable to the pallet at a plurality of the attachment points.