The Neil Robertson Stretcher was developed in the Royal Navy and became available in 1906 to aid in the removal of casualties from confined spaces. Made of cane and canvas it was light and easily man-handled. Civil Defence rescue squads used the stretcher to carry people out of bombed buildings.
It is still in production today.
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Melvyn Harwood
11/24/2019 21:00:45
There was a standing order for Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring posts that if contacting the ambulance service for removal of a casualty from a post 'advise a Neil Robertson stretcher is required'. I didn't know what one looked like until now.
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