emergency bed
Temporary sleeping spot
An emergency bed is a temporary sleeping arrangement set up during a crisis or urgent situation.
Hospitals maintain emergency beds for unexpected patient surges.
Shelters add emergency beds during extreme weather or disasters.
The term can also describe a makeshift bed assembled quickly for an unexpected guest: We set up an emergency bed on the couch for my stranded cousin.
- hospital bedClinical sleeping furniture
- cotPortable sleeping frame
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- gurneyMobile patient transport bed
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
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- emergency sheltershomeless shelter, disaster shelter, family shelter, night shelter, overnight shelter
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