Abstract: A transport device for use throughout a process of decontaminating a person exposed to contaminates is disclosed. The transport device includes a flexible sheet of material sized and shaped to support a person in a lying down position. The flexible sheet includes a base section and opposite side wall sections. The base section supports the person and the opposite side wall are configured to resiliently deflect upward along opposite sides of the person. The transport device includes a securing strap connected to the opposite side wall sections and configured to deflect the opposite side wall sections to secure the person on the flexible sheet. The transport device includes a drain in the base section. The drain permits liquid used in the process of decontamination to pass through and out of the flexible sheet. The drain includes a plurality of drain openings spaced apart from each other and distributed over the base section.

Abstract: Lightweight inexpensive sleds, made of tough plastic or similar material, are disclosed for transporting injured people or inert loads. Tensile towing forces applied to a strap are distributed to avoid tearing the sled body.

Abstract: Lightweight inexpensive sleds, made of tough plastic or similar material, are disclosed for transporting injured people or inert loads. For rescue sleds, a strong strap is passed through slots around the periphery. This distributes forces in ways that avoid tearing, and it provides secure handholds, allowing people to lift and carry an injured person in a manner comparable to a backboard. A rescue sled including straps weighs only about 6 pounds, and can be carried on foot for miles, affixed to a backpack, making these sleds available immediately when needed.

Abstract: Lightweight inexpensive sleds, made of tough plastic or similar material, are disclosed for transporting injured people or inert loads. For rescue sleds, a strong strap is passed through slots around the periphery. This distributes forces in ways that avoid tearing, and it provides secure handholds, allowing people to lift and carry an injured person in a manner comparable to a backboard. A rescue sled including straps weighs only about 6 pounds, and can be carried on foot for miles, affixed to a backpack, making these sleds available immediately when needed.

Abstract: Lightweight inexpensive sleds, made of tough plastic or similar material, are disclosed for transporting injured people or inert loads. For rescue sleds, a strong strap is passed through slots around the periphery. This distributes forces in ways that avoid tearing, and it provides secure handholds, allowing people to lift and carry an injured person in a manner comparable to a backboard. A rescue sled including straps weighs only about 6 pounds, and can be carried on foot for miles, affixed to a backpack, making these sleds available immediately when needed.

Abstract: A lightweight “adaptor” or “insert” is disclosed, which will enable a non-powered transport device (such as a lightweight collapsible sled) to safely and securely transport several infants at once. The insert can be quickly but securely strapped to the sled, and three or more infants can be strapped down in accommodating basins (or pockets, wells, trays, or similar terms) on the upper surface of the insert. It will provide cushioning as well as thermal insulation, and can provide bedding for several infants if a need arises, for as long as the need persists. One or more “pockets” (or wells, basins, etc.) can be provided in the insert, to carry and hold various types of equipment, such as medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, special nutrients, or equipment that may be needed by one or more of the infants being held by the carrier device.