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Scoop Stretcher

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Scoop Stretcher
A casualty removal device which can be disarticulated longitudinally, so the flat inner halves can be gently placed under the evacuee, then locked back together to remove the victim with minimal trauma to the spine


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The fall knocked Greenway, 21, unconscious and the stricken jockey was placed on a scoop stretcher and taken by ambulance to Northampton Hospital, and later to Stoke Mandeville, when the seriousness of his injuries were fully realised.
Strapped into a scoop stretcher, she was able to walk away from the course and intends to be back riding today.
The next race was delayed 20 minutes as officials attended to Pollard, putting him into a scoop stretcher with his neck in a restraining brace and taking him to the helicopter in the course ambulance.
 
 
 
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