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    What is a gurney?

    Question #99814. Asked by armindasantana. (Sep 30 08 4:55 PM)


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    		A trolley.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurney

    Sep 30 08, 4:57 PM
    zbeckabee

    		A metal stretcher with wheeled legs, used for transporting patients.

    A stretcher or cot on wheels, used in hospitals to move people who are sick or hurt.

    A gurney, known as a trolley in British medical context, is the U.S. term for a type of stretcher used in modern hospitals and ambulances in developed areas. A hospital gurney is a kind of narrow bed on a wheeled frame which may be adjustable in height.

    http://www.answers.com/topic/gurney

    Sep 30 08, 5:31 PM

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