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A stretcher and litter combination, including a buoyant raft-like structure adapted for use as a rescue or recovery litter, and a buoyant stretcher. The litter has pontoons on either side of an elongated body section. The stretcher is in the form of an elongated board releasably secured to the body

A stretcher and litter combination, including a buoyant raft-like structure adapted for use as a rescue or recovery litter, and a buoyant stretcher. The litter has pontoons on either side of an elongated body section. The stretcher is in the form of an elongated board releasably secured to the body section of the litter.

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In combination, a rescue litter and stretcher, said stretcher having an elongated body section adapted to support a person in reclined position thereon, said litter being floatable and having an elongated body section adapted to receive and support said stretcher, and means for releasably securing s

In combination, a rescue litter and stretcher, said stretcher having an elongated body section adapted to support a person in reclined position thereon, said litter being floatable and having an elongated body section adapted to receive and support said stretcher, and means for releasably securing said stretcher upon the body section of said litter, said securing means including rails on said litter along opposite sides of said stretcher, and a plurality of transverse straps a first of which releasably secures said stretcher to one of said rails and a second of which releasably secures said stretcher to the other of said rails, said stretcher having a plurality of hand holes in said body section spaced from one another along each side thereof with the holes along one side of said body section being respectively laterally opposed to the holes along the opposite side thereof to provide pairs of laterally opposed holes, said first strap extending through one pair of laterally opposed holes and looped over said one of said rails and said second strap extending through another pair of laterally opposed holes and looped over said other rail.