noun General Slang

scoop

· noun · EMS / ambulance

Split-frame stretcher that slides under a patient without rolling them.

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Short for 'scoop stretcher'. Two metal or plastic halves that clip apart, slide under the patient from either side, and lock back together — letting you lift someone off the floor with minimal movement. Used for suspected spinal injuries, hip fractures, and anyone you don't want to log-roll. Lighter and quicker than a long board.

“Query NOF on the bathroom floor — get the scoop in, don't try and lift her.”
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To pick a patient up and transport fast with minimal on-scene treatment. 'Scoop and run' is the doctrine of grabbing a critically injured patient and driving, rather than working them where they fell. Trauma's classic move.

“Penetrating chest wound, BP tanking — scoop and run, we'll work him en route.”
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scoop In A Sentence

Query NOF on the bathroom floor — get the scoop in, don't try and lift her.
Penetrating chest wound, BP tanking — scoop and run, we'll work him en route.

Origin & Usage

Scoop stretcher patented by Robert Ferno in the 1960s; 'scoop and run' coined in US trauma circles in the 70s as the counterpoint to 'stay and play'.

Variants scoop stretcherscoop and run
Tags #ems#ambulance#equipment#trauma#paramedic

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