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A stretcher, gurney, 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.
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 a deceased person. They are also used to hold prisoners during lethal injections in the United States.[2]
- ^ Morehead, Philip D. (July 2002). "Stretcher". New American Roget's College Thesaurus in Dictionary Form. Penguin. ISBN 9781101220085.
- ^ "A Brief History of Lethal Injection". Time. 10 November 2009. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008.