Translation guide
A wheeled stretcher used in hospitals. In Japanese, the most common term is ストレッチャー, but other words exist depending on context.
A wheeled bed for transporting patients within a hospital.
The standard loanword for a hospital gurney. Widely understood.
患者をストレッチャーに乗せてください。
Please put the patient on the gurney.
A stretcher, often without wheels, used for carrying patients. Can refer to a gurney in some contexts, but less specific.
Means 'wheelchair'. Not a gurney, but sometimes confused by learners. Use only if you specifically mean a wheelchair.
The paramedics carried the patient on a stretcher.
This is a wheelchair, not a gurney. Do not use for a stretcher.
病院で車椅子を借りました。
I borrowed a wheelchair at the hospital.