My Brain is Broken
Jul. 3rd, 2007 10:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kricketsHelp me!
I just know there's another word for a gurney or a stretcher. I swear I am not imagining this. (Though if I were, I guess I wouldn't think so, so nevermind. You can't trust me!) I'm talking something make-shifty here. Both words seem too "plastic" to me. I guess I'd go for gurney if I had to make a choice, because I like the sound of the word better. But is it accurate? It probably isn't. I feel like it should have wheels if I call it that.
Help a sister out.
I just know there's another word for a gurney or a stretcher. I swear I am not imagining this. (Though if I were, I guess I wouldn't think so, so nevermind. You can't trust me!) I'm talking something make-shifty here. Both words seem too "plastic" to me. I guess I'd go for gurney if I had to make a choice, because I like the sound of the word better. But is it accurate? It probably isn't. I feel like it should have wheels if I call it that.
Help a sister out.
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Date: 2007-07-04 04:47 am (UTC)- A long spine board can be used to scoop and carry the victim to the stretcher; in case a spine trauma is suspected.
- The scoop stretcher is used for lifting patients, for instance from the ground onto an ambulance stretcher trolley or long board.
- A reeves stretcher, or 'flexible stretcher', is a flexible stretcher that is supported longitudinally by wooden or plastic planks.
But none of those sound any less clinical. You could always call it a person sling. LOL!
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Date: 2007-07-04 04:48 am (UTC)