So what do you call it?

[NomadicMedic]

Mr.Brown has already spoken. And he knows everything. It's a stretcher.

Just ask him. He'll tell you.

 

[socalmedic]

gurney, wheels, or big yellow. the rig, well its the rig. on the radio it is a medic (als) or ambulance (bls).

 

[Seaglass]

I'll use whatever my coworkers use. That means it's a cot for now. An ambulance is either an ambulance or a medic unit, depending on staffing.

My first job in private ambulance was an eye opener when nobody knew what I was talking about when I refered to the ambulance as a "squad."

Here, a squad is a heavy rescue.

 

[NREMTroe]

Here in Northern Arkansas, we call the patient transport device a 'stretcher' and the ambulance is refered to as the 'truck'

 

[dixie_flatline]

The unit itself (in descending order of use):

• Ambo
• Amba-lance
• Rig
• Truck (yes, the fire-side people will scowl if you call anything a truck. then again, we don't run a ladder truck, we have a rescue squad which is The Squad, so no one has ever even thought to call an ambulance that)
• Box
• Bus

(on the radio it is either Medic/Ambulance for ALS/BLS)

The thing in the back (same order):

• Stretcher
• Cot
• Bed
• Gurney

I kind of like Wheels, but I've never heard that here.

 

[Shishkabob]

Cot or stretcher, depending on which word pops in my head first.

I tend to write cot on my PCR, but say stretcher to patients. Don't know why.