RESCUE AND EVACUATION - Medicine for Mountaineering and Other Wilderness Activities - page 95

The occupant should be firmly restrained with the waist belts, and the straps under the
person should be tightened.
Figure 7-3. Rucksack stretcher
One of the rescuers should be prepared to give commands before lifting the stretcher.
One of the rescuers at the head of the occupant continuously observes the breathing of
an unconscious occupant.
Whenthegroupstopstorest,therucksacksshouldbesupportedsotheydonotrollover
with the occupant on them.
Many improvements are possible. Ski poles may be inserted through the straps to clip
inashoulderslingwithacarabiner.Withoutaslingandacarabiner,carryingtherucksacks