Gurney
Poet's family name
A gurney is a wheeled stretcher used to transport patients in hospitals, ambulances, and emergency settings: They rushed him down the hall on a gurney.
The frame typically features adjustable height and collapsible legs for loading into vehicles.
In American usage, gurney has largely displaced stretcher in medical contexts.
Portable frame for casualties
- patient transportMoving sick or injured persons
- litterScattered waste or debris
- backboardBoard behind basket
- transferMove between locations
portable · roll · push · carry · immobilize · stabilize · straps · rails
Protected person; division
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- operating roomSurgical procedure venue
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- admissionEntry or confession
discharge · patient · nurse · orderly · attendant · corridor · elevator · anesthesia
Lasting psychological wound
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- rescueSave from harm
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
EMT · code blue · crisis · casualty · triage · urgent · lifesaving · siren
stretcher
Portable frame for casualties
- patient transportMoving sick or injured persons
- litterScattered waste or debris
- backboardBoard behind basket
transfer · portable · roll · push · carry · immobilize · stabilize · straps · rails · mattress
ward
Protected person; division
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- operating roomSurgical procedure venue
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
admission · discharge · patient · nurse · orderly · attendant · corridor · elevator · anesthesia · pre-op
trauma
Lasting psychological wound
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- rescueSave from harm
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
paramedics · EMT · code blue · crisis · casualty · triage · urgent · lifesaving · siren · evacuation
Gurneyambulatory
Able to walk
walking wounded · outpatient · upright · mobile · self-sufficient