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is placed in it and then the paramedics can guide or carry the chair down stairs or through tight spaces. In hard-to-reach outdoor situations, such as on a hillside or far from a road, a carrying stretcher called a Stokes basket can be used. Often seen used by firefighters, the Stokes basket has numer- ous handholds and a lighter cage-like form, so that

The legs of the gurney will collapse automatically as the paramedics push it into the back of the ambulance. The gurney doubles as the patient’s bed.

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