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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]
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.
The litter is a class of wheelless vehicles, a type of human-powered transport, for the transport of people. Smaller litters may take the form of open chairs or beds carried by two or more carriers, some being enclosed for protection from the elements.
US Marines transport a non-ambulatory patient via litter, outside of Fallujah, Iraq in 2006 High-angle mountain CASEVAC training, at the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School in Jericho, Vermont Casualty evacuation , also known as CASEVAC or by the callsign Dustoff or colloquially Dust Off , is a military term for the emergency patient evacuation ...
A Great Dane made a grand entrance at a North Carolina rescue by giving birth to a record-breaking litter just days after walking, or waddling, through the door.
See them snuggle after rescue. Litter of puppies taken to SC shelter with no mom. Stray dog accepted them as her own. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. Holiday Shopping Guides.
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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.