Stretchers

 

A stretcher, litter, or pram[1] is an apparatus used for moving patients who require medical care.

 

A basic type (cot or litter) must be carried by two or more people.

 

A wheeled stretcher (known as a gurney, trolley, bed or cart) is often equipped with variable height frames, wheels, tracks, or skids.

 

In American English, a wheeled stretcher is referred to as a gurney.

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Stretchers are primarily used in acute out-of-hospital care situations by emergency medical services (EMS), military, and search and rescue personnel.

 

In medical forensics the right arm of a corpse is left hanging off the stretcher to let paramedics know it is not a wounded patient.

 

They are also used to hold prisoners during lethal injectionsin the United States.[2]

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Adapted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia