A stretcher-bearer is a person who carries a stretcher, generally with another person at its other end, especially in a war or emergency times when there is a very serious accident or a disaster. In the case of military personnel, for example removing wounded or dead from a battlefield, the modern term is combat medic who will have received considerable training.
A stretcher-bearer is a person who carries a stretcher, generally with another person at its other end, especially in a war or emergency times when there is a very serious accident or a disaster. In the case of military personnel, for example removing wounded or dead from a battlefield, the modern term is combat medic who will have received considerable training.
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