stretcher

I got out of there and helped save lives because I didn’t lay down waiting for somebody to take me away on a stretcher.

He was taken away on a stretcher and put into a waiting ambulance after the referee asked both set of players to leave the pitch.

Bove was taken away on a stretcher and put into a waiting ambulance after the referee asked both set of players to leave the pitch.

The local authorities have posted videos of the rescue operation with footage showing survivors wrapped in blankets - including one on a stretcher - being brought to shore.

Trained in first aid, river crossing and high mountain rescue, they practise evacuating the village a few times a year, volunteers carrying the wounded on stretchers and bandaging mock injuries.