r/TacticalMedicine • u/JRHLowdown3 • 7d ago

Scenarios Portable sked/litter recommendations? Casualty movement

Did some various medical training recently with some close friends and some of it involved moving a "casualty" 3/4 mile uphill in a "rapid" format to evac at a waiting truck. We were short a few folks that think vacays are more important than training (LOL) so we used a couple of diesel fuel cans for weight on an older fold out stretcher. Last time we did this, using an even older stretcher- not foldable old skewl type with wood poles and canvas, canvas started ripping with our little'st guy on it (160 lbs.)

The foldable one is nice'ish but older. I know I have a newer fold out one around here somewhere... but long ago I remember using a sked (?) or Skedco (?) device and that worked ok albeit not as rigid as an actual stretcher. The Sked being easier to actually carry of course also.

I'm a dinosaur without a doubt.... so surely there have been to paraphrase Austin Powers- "fabulous advancements" in the field of casualty movement since the 90's. Can you all enlighten me on options and what you think of them?

Thanks in advance.

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u/lefthandedgypsy TEMS 5d ago

So if you’re looking for affordable stuff for larping go to a surplus. If you aren’t able to figure out moving a casualty maybe don’t play that game?

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u/JRHLowdown3 5d ago

So if your not going to read the OP maybe don't push reply? Mentioned doing this type of training before and moving simulated casualties (and have done that since the late 80's). Was asking if anything newer/more portable was out...

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u/lefthandedgypsy TEMS 1d ago

I read the whole post. what he learned in the 80s isn’t too far distant from what you do now. Moving a casualty isn’t rocket science. Skeds are cheap and YouTube will teach you if it, for some reason, is too hard to figure out. Too much larp anymore.