Christopher
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A classic scenario is: patient needs to go ASAP, there are two flights of stairs and he's 350. Not everybody can carry him out, but the time it will take more resources to arrive may significantly affect the outcome. Can you carry him or not? You might be Florence Nightingale and your partner Dr. House, but if you can move this patient quickly and safely, you're doing better for him than a crew that couldn't. Simple enough.
Been there, done that.
You use the reeves sleeve as a slide off the bed. Once you get to a suitable landing you bring the truck to them. Perform as much stabilization as necessary and bring as many resources to you on the landing. Once as stable as they'll permit you just slide them down the stairs on the tarp (a spot of rope helps, but we made do with sheets).
Honest answer is if you can't spend the extra time to get them out safely waiting on extra hands...they probably weren't going to have a good outcome even if a couple of NFL linemen were on the truck that day.