Gurney (medical platform)
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Gurney was the generic term used to describe a mobile platform or other form of medical conveyance.
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Description
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These devices were used to transport injured beings from the site of an accident to a medical facility. Gurneys equipped with repulsorlift technology were alternately referred to as gravstretchers, antigrav gurneys, or hover-gurneys. A similar device, the medical cocoon, was enclosed rather than open-ended.
HistoryEdit
When Valin Horn became mentally unbound, healer Cilghal strapped him to a repulsor gurney and sent him to the neurology ward of the Jedi Medical Corps Infirmary.
An advanced medical capsule was used to transport a severely-burned Vader from the lava fields of Mustafar and later into the EmPal SuRecon center. This may or may not be considered a gurney.
Behind the scenesEdit
The in-universe origin of the term "gurney" is not known, but a human male by that name worked at a medical facility on Taris circa 3,956 BBY. In fact, the real world term owes its name to J. Theodore Gurney, further adding to the fictional theory.
AppearancesEdit
- Darth Bane: Rule of Two
- Jedi Apprentice: The Threat Within
- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Non-canonical appearance)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Landing at Point Rain"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Weapons Factory"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Legacy of Terror"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Senate Murders" (Appears in flashback(s))
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Bounty Hunters" (Appears in flashback(s))
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Death Trap" (Appears in flashback(s))
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "R2 Come Home"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Corruption"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Academy" (Appears in flashback(s))
- MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
- Galaxy of Fear: Planet Plague
- Inferno
- Riptide
SourcesEdit
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (First appearance)
