ʻO ka stretcher kahi mea hoʻohana no ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i nā maʻi e koi ana i ka mālama olakino. Pono e lawe ʻia kahi ʻūhā hiki ke lawe ʻia e nā kānaka ʻelua a ʻoi aku paha. Hoʻolako pinepine ʻia kahi kauā kaʻa kaʻa (i ʻike ʻia he gurney, trolley, moena a kaʻa paha) me nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, nā huila, nā alahele, a i ʻole nā skids.