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Abstract

A light weight, portable thermal rescue/recovery system for mammals up to 300 lbs. In in weight, comprising of a mummy bag which contains a circulating liquid which is either heated when the mammal needs to be warmed as in the case of, for example, a mammal suffering from hypothermia, or cooled when the mammal's body temperature or skin temperature needs to be lowered as in the case of a burn, stroke and some heart attack victims. The mammal is placed into the mummy bag of the portable thermal rescue/recovery system which also has a pump to circulate the liquid and a heat exchanger to cool or heat the liquid. This portable thermal rescue/recovery system is suitable for all rescue vehicles including helicopters, boats, EMS ambulances, fire trucks, police cars, avalanche rescues, ice rescues and air cushion vehicles, as well as stretchers and other manual transport means, among others. The system has, in addition to means to control the temperature of the circulating liquid, means to add chemicals such as salt, oxygen, etc., and/or pharmaceuticals such as aloe, bacitracin, cortisone, topical circulatory stimulants, etc., and/or drugs such as antibiotics, nitroglycerin, pain killers, and other topical medications and/or medicines as indicated by the needs of the mammal.

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