stretcher
Portable medical bed
A stretcher is a portable frame for carrying a sick or injured person, typically with handles at each end so two people can lift it: Paramedics loaded her onto a stretcher.
The word extends to any frame that stretches something—a canvas stretcher holds fabric taut for painting, a shoe stretcher expands tight footwear.
In masonry, a stretcher is a brick laid lengthwise along a wall.
Mobile patient transport bed
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
immobilization · cervical collar · splint · patient · emergency room · first responder · casualty · transfer
Those who carry things
- polesLong sticks or extremities
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- carryMove while supporting
- portableAble to be carried
sedan chair · palanquin · handbarrow · processional · ceremonial · battlefield · wounded · military
Removal from danger
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- survivorOne still alive after
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- trappedUnable to escape
extrication · search · crisis · relief · aid · victim · collapse · survival
Able to bend flat
- collapsibleAble to compress compactly
- lightweightLacking mass or importance
- compactTightly packed together
- wheeledHaving round rollers attached
adjustable · aluminum · telescopic · retractable · maneuverable · ergonomic · carry · handle
gurney
Mobile patient transport bed
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
triage · immobilization · cervical collar · splint · patient · emergency room · first responder · casualty · transfer · wheeled
bearers
Those who carry things
portable · sedan chair · palanquin · handbarrow · processional · ceremonial · battlefield · wounded · military · historical
evacuation
Removal from danger
trapped · extrication · search · crisis · relief · aid · victim · collapse · survival · helicopter
foldable
Able to bend flat
- collapsibleAble to compress compactly
- lightweightLacking mass or importance
- compactTightly packed together
wheeled · adjustable · aluminum · telescopic · retractable · maneuverable · ergonomic · carry · handle · mobile
painting
Pigment on canvas
fabric · gesso · priming · weave · taut · wooden bars · artist · oil · acrylic · gallery
- emergency medicalemergency room, ambulance, EMS, ER, EMT
- Emergency MedicineEMT, emergency medicine, EMS, paramedic, paramedics
- Emergency RoomER doctor, ER nurse, triage nurse, trauma bay, gurney
- safetysafety helmet, hazard, airbag, alert, occupational safety
- emergency rescue911, CPR, ambulance, paramedic, paramedics
- Emergency Safety911, 911 center, fire station, police station, ambulance
stretcherwalking
Locomotion on foot
ambulatory · upright · mobile · self-propelled · walking unaided
stretcherdischarged patient
Person sent home healed
walking wounded · outpatient · recovered · healthy · walking out
- stretch outExtend to full length
- stretched outLengthened or spread out
- home stretchConcluding phase of effort
- seventh inning stretchBaseball's mid-late pause
- stretch the truthDistort facts mildly
- stretching outExtending in length
stretch, stretching, stretched, stretches, outstretched, outstretch, stretchiness, stretchable, stretchers