{"id":73540,"date":"2021-01-06T07:09:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T07:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=73540"},"modified":"2023-08-30T07:30:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:30:41","slug":"stretcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/stretcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Stretcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A device enabling two persons to lift and carry a victim in a lying down position. Several forms of include the following: ambulance army, basket, Robinson Sarole scoop, split-form, and Stokes basket.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A folding bed, with handles, on which an injured person can be carried by two people.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A framelike cot for carrying sick or injured persons. A stretcher usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles. 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