US Ranger stretcher question

[maximus otter]

I recently watched a TV documentary about the US Rangers.

In it, I saw Rangers in training using a device to evacuate a simulated casualty.

It was neither a stretcher nor a sled, but seemed to be a flexible sheet of plastic/rubber with numerous attachment holes for tow ropes and straps. I got the impression that the device would - if left alone - roll up of its own accord into a cylinder about 5' long.

The casualty was placed on the sheet, and a fellow Ranger attached himself to the front of the sheet via a harness, and towed the casualty away across the ground, i.e. not lifted up off the surface.

I've tried Googling various combinations of "US Ranger medical equipment", "US Army stretchers" etc., but come up dry.

Can anyone provide the official name of this device for me?

maximus otter

 

[gadgetgeek]

http://www.skedco.com Is something like what you were looking at? Didn't use one, but had the instruction book in my work-truck the last time I was in the oil patch.

 

[maximus otter]

Thanks, Gadgetgeek. If that isn't it, it's damn close.

m.o.

 

[untamed]

http://www.skedco.com

Thanks for the head's up. Specifically this is the product -

http://www.skedco.com/product/detail/sk-240c

In my old job, we had a drag hammock/strecher cum escape ladder/harness for CASEVAC that folded into a little bag you could attack to your MOLLE gear or pack. That Skedco product though looks like it would provide a lot more skid surface for dragging and lesser snag.

 

[gadgetgeek]

I think one of the Trucks that also had a skidoo for wilderness work, (survey crews) had the folding sked but they were also setup for a long-line lift if needed, (I think). I had a big toboggan that the stokes litter was supposed to sit in, and a set of wheels in case we needed to use one of the UTVs instead... glad I never had to use it, that would be one rough ride!