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    A stretcher, gurney, litter, or pram is an apparatus used for moving patients who require medical care. A basic type (cot or litter) must be carried by...
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  • Look up stretcher in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A stretcher is a medical device used to carry a person from one place to another. Stretcher may also...
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    The scoop stretcher (or clamshell, Roberson orthopedic stretcher, or just scoop) is a device used specifically for moving injured people. It is ideal for...
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    A stretcher is a horizontal support element of a table, chair or other item of furniture; this structure is normally made of exposed wood and ties vertical...
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  • The Thomas Stretcher is a British mountain rescue stretcher designed by in the 1930s by a climbing club committee formed to investigate the construction...
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    A webbing stretcher is an upholstery tool used to stretch webbing. Traditional chairs are constructed of an open wooden frame, with their seat often supported...
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    A stretcher bar is used to construct a wooden stretcher used by artists to mount their canvases. They are traditionally a wooden framework support on...
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  • In ancient Egypt, a rope stretcher (or harpedonaptai) was a surveyor who measured real property demarcations and foundations using knotted cords, stretched...
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    A stretcher-bearer is a person who carries a stretcher, generally with another person at its other end, especially in a war or emergency times when there...
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    Neil Robertson stretcher (NRS) is a type of rescue stretcher designed for the purpose of safely transferring an injured person by either lowering or lifting...
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    A carpet stretcher is a specialized tool used to install wall-to-wall carpet. The tool grips the carpet with a set of tines on the head. A force applied...
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  • The Optical Stretcher is a dual-beam optical trap that is used for trapping and deforming ("stretching") micrometer-sized soft matter particles, such...
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  • The Stretchers is an 2019 action puzzle game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Nintendo. It released for the Nintendo Switch on November 8...
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    testicles more easily accessible for attack, or for foreplay purposes. A ball stretcher is a sex toy that is used to elongate the scrotum and provide a feeling...
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  • A foot arch stretcher (also known as a foot stretcher, arch stretcher, pointe stretcher, toe stretcher, or arch enhancer) is a device used in the fields...
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    Brickwork (redirect from Stretcher bond)
    called Headers or header faces Sides or wider surfaces are called Stretchers or stretcher faces Mortar placed between bricks is also given separate names...
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    A hyperbaric stretcher is a lightweight pressure vessel for human occupancy (PVHO) designed to accommodate one person undergoing initial hyperbaric treatment...
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    Poundstretcher (redirect from £-stretcher)
    Poundstretcher is a British variety store chain, founded in 1981 by Paul Appell and Stephen Fearnley. The retailer is currently based in Kirby Muxloe,...
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    salespeople are often sent to different dealerships around town to get the "lot stretcher". After reaching the new dealership, the manager informs the victim that...
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    Lüders bands are a type of slip band or stretcher-strain mark which are formed due to localized bands of plastic deformation in metals experiencing tensile...
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    the casualty (the patient) on a stretcher. Developed emergency services use lifting devices, such as scoop stretchers, that allow secured lifting with...
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    side of the masonry unit is facing the outside and how it is positioned. Stretcher: Units are laid horizontally with their longest end parallel to the face...
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    A limousine (/ˈlɪməziːn/ or /lɪməˈziːn/), or limo (/ˈlɪmoʊ/) for short, is a large, chauffeur-driven luxury vehicle with a partition between the driver...
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  • Off the Stretcher is a Polish-language sitcom television series created by Krzysztof Jaroszyński, that was aired on Polsat from 25 December 2003 to 14...
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    all-metal ice-axe and an eponymous lightweight foldable alloy stretcher called MacInnes stretcher, widely used in mountain and helicopter rescue. He was a...
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    Ambulance Corps was created by Mahatma Gandhi for use by the British as stretcher bearers during the Second Boer War, with expenses met by the local Indian...
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  • Off the Stretcher 2 is a Polish-language sitcom television series created, directed and written by Krzysztof Jaroszyński, and produced by Tomasz Jaskulski...
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    Glove stretcher is a 19th century device for "easing" (stretching) the gloves. The rounded tips of the stretchers, typically made of two wooden pieces...
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  • Barry Horowitz (born March 24, 1959) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Horowitz attended...
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    A litter is a stretcher designed to be used where there are physical obstacles that impair movement, including other hazards such as, in confined spaces...
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