Abstract: A portable traction device incorporating a simple and quickly-attachable frame adapted to be positioned on the frame of a patient transport cot for the application of traction force to a patient during transport. The traction device includes a base frame or U-shaped bracket member which fits around the frame of a cot and includes flanges thereon to mount the bracket member on either end of a transport cot. The bracket member has suitable guide sleeves therein and a U-shaped pulley bar is adjustably positioned in the guide sleeves of the bracket member. Adjustably positioned pulleys are mounted on the pulley bar such that through the use of appropriate slings, traction force may be directed to the limbs, pelvis or cervical neck regions of the patient being transported to provide a traction force to the patient during transport.