Though the man's condition was stable, he was medically precluded from descending the ladder during treatment, and the height of the controller's compartment made a ground-based litter-basket operation with Fire Department rigging a less than optimal solution.    From Wordnik.com.  [LAFD News & Information] Reference

"litter-basket" operation was not possible.    From Wordnik.com.  [LAFD News & Information] Reference