Scoop stretcher can transform to a lightweight wheelchair in seconds Dutch design firm Studio Rotor has been working with startup Retter Helfer Medical on a lightweight patient transport option ...

Even if you have zero medical training, you probably know this: when somebody breaks a bone, you want to immobilize it as quickly as possible. Danny Lin, a student at Art Center College of Design ...

You make the board whole again by pushing back the handles. “Scoop” stretchers do something similar, sliding two head-to-toe sections together. But Lin reckons his idea is superior.

Since then, she has conducted several awareness programmes on making ‘scoop stretchers’, a vital piece of equipment in every ambulance. “The country has come a long way since 1995.

The medical sub-committee of the National Games Organisation Committee’s (NGOC) local unit has sounded the alarm bell in the absence of scoop stretchers, a vital device required for high-risk events ...