What (who) is stretcher - definition
EQUIPMENT FOR MOVING PATIENTS IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE
Gurney; Stretchers; Hospital stretcher
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stretcher
n.
Litter.
stretcher
n. (to carry smb.) on a stretcher
stretcher
(stretchers, stretchered)
1.
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.
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2.
If someone is stretchered somewhere, they are carried there on a stretcher.
I was close by as Lester was stretchered into the ambulance...
V-PASSIVE: be V-ed prep/adv
Wikipedia
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. 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 injections in the United States.
Pronunciation examples for stretcher
1. on a stretcher.
Barking Up the Wrong Tree _ Eric Barker _ Talks at Google
2. on the stretcher filling the
RISE UP! _ Kacey McCallister _ Talks at Google
3. so I remember being on the stretcher
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4. Fletcher goes home on a stretcher,
Naked Diplomacy _ Tom Fletcher _ Talks at Google
5. And they put him on the stretcher
Love & Addiction _ Jam Alker & Caroline Dehnert Moyer _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of stretcher
1. A blanket was found and turned into a makeshift stretcher.
2. They carried a stretcher and several metres of white cloth.
3. Steve rushed back to the lodge to get a stretcher.
4. Army personnel moved from stretcher to stretcher, shaking the figures lying there with their eyes closed and bodies frozen in misery, checking that they were still alive.
5. A bleeding woman was wheeled away on a stretcher.