Army Stretcher

We manufacture stretchers and casualty evacuation equipment and export them in bulk and against tender to defence medical services, police services, civil defence, disaster authorities and authorised government buyers across Africa.

The range covers folding pole stretchers, scoop stretchers, basket and rescue stretchers for difficult extraction, spinal boards with head blocks and straps, roll-up soft stretchers, vacuum mattresses, and the carry straps, restraint sets and transport bags they need.

Stretcher choice follows how the casualty will be moved, not the budget line. A folding pole stretcher is light, cheap and right for carrying a casualty across open ground to a vehicle. A scoop separates into two halves and is assembled around a casualty who should not be rolled. A basket stretcher is what a casualty is lowered down a slope or lifted in. Buying one type for every situation produces a medical service that improvises in exactly the moments when it should not.

Weight and pack size govern whether the stretcher is actually carried. A roll-up soft stretcher weighs very little and lives in a vehicle or a pack, which means it is present at the incident; a heavier rigid stretcher stays at the aid post.

Strap and restraint sets are supplied with each unit rather than separately, since a stretcher without straps cannot be carried over uneven ground safely.

Defence medical, civil defence and disaster authorities across Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania and Sudan account for most demand.