Emergency treatment station and stretcher system

An emergency response transportable treatment station for the treatment or transportation of quarantined, injured or deceased persons, comprising:

• a. an interior compartment;
• b. a support frame positioned in the interior compartment, the support frame containing a plurality of stacked stretcher assemblies;
• and
• c. at least one stretcher assembly comprising a stretcher receiver configured to permit horizontal loading of the stretcher containing a person;
• wherein the receiver comprises a plurality of rollers on which the stretcher can travel during horizontal loading of a stretchered person, the plurality of rollers further comprise a first set of rollers positioned on the receiver above a second set of rollers, wherein a portion of the stretcher is received between the first and second set of rollers.

A method of treating or transporting quarantined, injured or deceased persons comprising:

• a. providing a person on a stretcher;
• b. loading the stretchered person into a transportable emergency response station containing a plurality of vertically stacked stretcher assemblies;
• c. extending horizontally a portion of the stretcher assembly to permit loading the stretchered person into at least one of the stretcher assemblies;
• and
• d. the stretcher assembly portion being at least partially supported by rollers located on the stretcher assembly with a plurality of rollers positioned above and a plurality of rollers positioned below the extendable stretcher assembly portion.