Electric stretchers—also known as motorized or powered stretcher trolleys—are advanced medical transport devices that use battery-powered motors to raise, lower, and maneuver patients. Their primary benefit is drastically reducing manual lifting by medical personnel, minimizing spinal strain and workplace injuries while ensuring smoother patient transport. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Depending on your specific environment, electric stretchers generally fall into two distinct categories: Emergency Ambulance Stretchers and In-Hospital Emergency/Recovery Trolleys.