Hospital Stretcher

A stretcher, gurney, litter, or pram 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.A stretcher is a long piece of canvas with a pole along each side, which is used to carry an injured or sick person. The two ambulance attendants quickly put Plover on a stretcher and got him into the ambulance. If someone is stretchered somewhere, they are carried there on a stretcher.