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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Stretcher VS litter

'Stretchers' are for carrying sick or wounded and 'litters' are enclosed carriers for kings and aristocrats correct?
  

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Litter can be used as you describe, but it is also used to mean the same thing as a stretcher for wounded. , I believe, at least from what I've heard and observed in American movies, etc.

— Sam1947

  • Litter can be used as you describe, but it is also used to mean the same thing as a stretcher for wounded.
  • , I believe, at least from what I've heard and observed in American movies, etc.
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Litter can be used as you describe, but it is also used to mean the same thing as a stretcher for wounded. Stretcher is used more commonly in the U.S., I believe, at least from what I've heard and observed in American movies, etc.
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A Stretcher is a medical device for transporting sick and injured people. It is a simple type of Litter. Litters,unlike stretchers,as we know them,came in a variety of designs. Some of these were very elaborate though they could be just a chair or bed. The fundamental difference between the two is the method in which they were/are carried. Stretchers need just one bearer at either end holding the
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A litter is used to carry wounded on the field of battle. Stretcher is most likely used in a hospital behind lines.

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