SKEDCO 

RIGGING SKEDCO:
Remove the Sked stretcher from the pack and place on the ground:
(1)Unfasten retainer straps, Step on foot end of Sked and unroll completely to opposite end. Bend the Sked in half and back roll, repeat with opposite end of Sked stretcher. Sked stretcher will now lay flat.
Place the casualty on the litter:
(1)Place Sked stretcher next to casualty. Ensure head end of stretcher is adjacent to head of casualty. Place cross straps under Sked. Log roll casualty and slide Sked as far under patient as possible. Gently roll casualty down on to Sked stretcher. Slide casualty to center of Sked stretcher. Be sure to keep spinal column as straight as possible. Pull straps out from under Sked stretcher and fasten to buckles.
(2)Position foot end of Sked stretcher at head of casualty. Have one rescuer straddle Sked and support casualty’s head, neck, and shoulders. Grasp foot straps of Sked stretcher and slide Sked under casualty. Center patient on Sked stretcher and fasten straps to buckles.
Secure the casualty in the Sked:
(1)Lift the sides of Sked and fasten the four cross straps to the buckles directly opposite the straps with no twists.
(2)Safety each cross strap with a half hitch dressed directly under the buckle so that the free running end is running towards the casualty’s feet with the excess tucked underneath the casualty’s body.
Secure the casualty’s feet with the foot straps:
(1)Route the foot strap from inside outward around the foot ensuring that the strap creates a turn with the running end running under the standing end (top to bottom).
(2)Ensure that the strap passes under the arch of the foot with no twists.
(3)Route the running end of the foot strap from inside outward through the end grommet located at the foot of the Sked. Fasten to buckles or strap and safety with half hitches and no twists. The free running end towards the inside of the Sked. Tuck the free running ends under the feet.
Secure the 30-foot static rope to the Sked:
(1)Find the middle of the rope and tie a doubled figure eight knot forming no larger than a fist size loop. Attach a locking carabiner (lowering line carabiner) to the looped end.
(2)Route each end of the rope outside inward through the two lower grommets located at the head end of the Sked. Pull the knot up against the Sked ensuring it is in line with the casualy’s head.
(3)Continue feeding the rope through the unused grommets on the side of the Sked starting from inside outward of the fist grommet and routing them through the carrying handles.
(4)Route the ropes from outside inward through the second set of unused grommets.
(5)Route the ends from inside outward routing them through the third unused grommets. Route the rope through the carrying handles located at the foot end of the Sked.
(6)Route the rope from outside inward through the third to the last grommet of the Sked sides. Insure both ends of rope are even.
(7)Route the rope ends from inside outward through the grommets located underneath the top three grommets at the foot end of the Sked. Ensure that the rope runs on the outside of the casualty’s leg and not through the foot straps.
(8)Tie the ends of the rope together using a square knot no overhand safeties centered over the end of the Sked bringing the ends of rope up over the end of the Sked.
(9)Route the ends of the rope through the second to the last grommets located at the end of the Sked sides from outside inward, tying the ends together with a saftied square knot centered over the legs tucking the excess tails under the legs of the casualty.
(10)Secure the free running end of the casualty’s safety line to the lowering line carabiner using a double figure eight. Ensure that there is no tension between the bowline around the chest and the double figure eight when tension is placed on the lowering line.