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An emergency care blanket may be assembled into a plurality of desired arrangements to protect an individual from prevailing environmental conditions while providing access to the patients. Broadly the blanket includes a first flexible covering, a second flexible covering and a plurality of fastener

An emergency care blanket may be assembled into a plurality of desired arrangements to protect an individual from prevailing environmental conditions while providing access to the patients. Broadly the blanket includes a first flexible covering, a second flexible covering and a plurality of fasteners associated with the first and second coverings. Each of the fasteners includes two fastening structures, preferably male and female snaps, which project from opposite respective ones of the upper and lower surfaces of their associated first and second coverings. Thus, cooperative fastening structures can matably engage so that the first and second coverings may be releasably secured thereby to assemble the emergency care blanket into a fastened state characterized by one of the plurality of desired arrangements. A plurality of similarly configured first and second flexible coverings may also be provided to define a modular emergency care blanket system, whereby layers of covering may be added or removed to accommodate the individual.

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[I claim:] [1.](a) an elongated first flexible covering having an associated pair of first covering transversely extending edges and an associated pair of first covering longitudinally extending edges, said first flexible covering further including an upper first covering surface and a lower first c

[I claim:] [1.](a) an elongated first flexible covering having an associated pair of first covering transversely extending edges and an associated pair of first covering longitudinally extending edges, said first flexible covering further including an upper first covering surface and a lower first covering surface;(b) an elongated second flexible covering having an associated pair of second covering transversely extending edges and an associated pair of second covering longitudinally extending edges, said second flexible covering further including an upper second covering surface and a lower second covering surface;(c) a plurality of fasteners disposed on each of said first and second flexible coverings, each of said fasteners including two fastening structures with each of said fastening structures projecting from opposite respective ones of the upper surface and lower surface of its associated one of said first and second flexible coverings, whereby selected ones of said fastening structures are operative to matably engage selected other ones of said fastening structures so that said first and second flexible coverings may be releasably secured thereby to assemble said emergency care blanket into a fastened state characterized by one of said plurality of desired arrangements; and(d) a plurality of transversely spaced apart pairs of litter handles disposed on the upper surface of said first flexible covering, each of said spaced apart pairs of litter handles interconnected by strap portions which transversely span across a mid portion of said upper first covering surface to provide added reinforcement during transportation of the individual.