Abstract: A portable hydraulic lift step stool for raising handicapped patients to an elevated location comprising of a lower base positionable upon a floor, the lower base having parallel corner walls extending upwardly therefrom. An upper base having a planar surface, the upper surface of which is adapted to support a patient to be lifted and transported, the lower surface of which faces the lower base, the upper base having front and rear edges with a downwardly extending plate adapted to be positioned between the upwardly extending corner walls of the lower base. And a hydraulic jack having an upper end secured to the lower surface of the upper base and having a lower end secured to the upper surface of the lower base, the hydraulic jack including a handle extending outwardly from the upper base and lower base in a space between the corner walls of the lower base, the handle adapted to be pumped to raise and lower the hydraulic jack, the jack also having a switch for reversing the direction of movement of the jack.