An operable stabilization device for a rescue stretcher and method thereof aredisclosed. The present invention is especially but not exclusively used in anaircraft rescue of an injured person that is carried in a rescue stretcher suspendedfrom a helicopter by a cord. The stabilization device is configured to adjustdirection of a downward airflow from a main rotor of the helicopter to controlrotation of the rescue stretcher, and includes a manually operable stabilizationsail configured to accept the airflow, an airflow passageway configured to allowand direct the airflow through the stabilization sail and an airflow regulatorconfigured to restrict the amount of airflow being accepted by the airflow passageway.
