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A litter basket at the United States–Georgian drills in 2011. A Stokes basket, also called a Stokes stretcher or Stokes litter, is a metal wire or plastic litter widely used in search and rescue. [1] Its key feature is that it can be disassembled for transport in backpacks or by pack horse. [citation needed]
A palanquin is a covered litter, usually for one passenger. It is carried by an even number of bearers (between two and eight, but most commonly four) on their shoulders, by means of a pole projecting fore and aft. [2] [3] [4] The word is derived from the Sanskrit palyanka, meaning bed or couch.
The litter, also known as a basket stretcher or Stokes litter, is designed to be used where there are obstacles to movement or other hazards: for example, in confined spaces, on slopes, in wooded terrain. [10] Typically it is shaped to accommodate an adult in a face up position and it is used in search and rescue operations.
In British India a suspended pack litter could be known as a dooly (Hindi: डोली, doli). [14] [dubious – discuss] In Europe, and sometimes in the United States, it was known as a cacolet. The pack litter had two major variants: one carried a single person above the pack animal's back; the other carried two persons, one on each side.
Circumstances that lead to the necessity for rescue can develop due to bad luck, when the events were not foreseeable, duty, where there is known risk, but the person is legally or ethically obliged to take the risk, through voluntary assumption of reasonable risk in the pursuit of profit, knowledge, entertainment or other perceived reward, ignorance of risk foreseeable by a well informed ...
Litter is a type of human impact on the environment and is a serious environmental problem in many countries. Litter can exist in the environment for long periods of time before decomposition and be transported over large distances into the world's oceans. Litter can negatively affect quality of life.
A scoop stretcher. Note that the stretcher is upside down: the narrow end of the stretcher is for the patient's legs and feet. Top: positioning the scoop stretcher; middle: casualty lifting with five team members (one is pushing the normal stretcher); bottom: view from below)
Litter (zoology), a group of mammals born of the same pregnancy; Bedding (animals), or litter, material strewn in an animal's enclosure for it to sleep on and to absorb feces and urine; Cat litter, or "kitty litter", loose, absorbent material as part of the indoor feces and urine disposal system for pets