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Evacuating a Casualty using a Sked or Improvised Litter

Evacuating a Casualty using a Sked or Improvised Litter. Evacuation. Being able to evacuate a casualty in a quick and efficient manner can result in saving his life

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Evacuating a Casualty using a Sked or Improvised Litter

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  1. Evacuating a Casualty using a Sked or Improvised Litter

  2. Evacuation Being able to evacuate a casualty in a quick and efficient manner can result in saving his life You may need to move the casualty to a company aid post or other location where the casualty can receive needed medical care Sometimes, the casualty can walk, but at other times he must be carried on a litter

  3. SKED Litter • Compact • Lightweight • Strong

  4. Standard Collapsible Litter

  5. Improvised Litter • There are times when a casualty may have to be moved and you must improvise litters from materials at hand • Improvised litters must be as well constructed as possible to avoid the risk of dropping the casualty or causing further injury

  6. Improvised Litter (Using Blankets & Poles)

  7. Improvised Litter (Using Jackets & Poles)

  8. Improvised Litter (Using Bed Sacks & Poles)

  9. Rolled Blanket Used As Litter

  10. Chemical Litters • Cover fabric is honeycomb weave of monofilament polypropylene • Will not absorb agent and is not degraded by decontamination fluids • Flame retardant and rip resistant • Treated to withstand weather and sunlight

  11. Chemical Litter

  12. Patient Securing Strap • Used after casualty is placed on dressed litter and covered • Used to hold casualty in position • Number of straps depends on type of terrain over which casualty is carried

  13. Use of Patient Securing Straps

  14. General Rules for Litter Bearers • Litter bearers must make deliberate and gentle movements • The command STEADY should be used to prevent undue haste • The rear bearers should watch the movements of the front bearers and time their movements accordingly • The litter must be kept as level as possible

  15. General Rules for Litter Bearers • The casualty is carried feet first, except when going uphill or upstairs; his head should then be forward • If casualty has a fracture of a lower extremity, he should be carried uphill or upstairs feet first and downhill or downstairs head first • When casualty is loaded on litter, his individual equipment is carried by two of the bearers or placed on litter

  16. QUESTIONS?

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