This highly portable, compact stretcher system has proven itself in confined space rescue operations, in caves and industrial plants. The SKED Stretcher is a heavy sheet of plastic which rolls up for storage and transport. When folded around the patient, the SKED becomes semi-rigid, allowing transport of the patient by lifting horizontally or vertically, or sliding on the smooth bottom surface. The SKED basic rescue system comes complete with stretcher, backpack harness, two straps, horizontal and vertical lift slings, large carabiner and webbing handles.