担架
Meaning in Englishstretcher, litter
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What it means
担架 means a portable frame or mat used to carry an injured or ill person. It is a medical transport device designed to support and immobilize the patient during movement, typically with a rigid or semi-rigid frame and straps for securement, handled by medical or rescue personnel.
Main meanings
- The term is primarily a professional transport device rather than a general piece of furniture.
- Contexts span emergency medical services, hospitals, battlefield, and disaster-response settings.
- Configurations vary from manual carriers to wheeled or hybrid units depending on the system.
How to use it
Used in formal medical and emergency settings for patient transport, rescue operations, and hospital procedures. In casual speech the term is uncommon outside professional contexts; examples include 救急現場で担架を使って患者を搬送する and 病院の搬送手順書に担架の操作方法が記載されている.
Variants and close terms
- Stretcher — romaji: tanka
- Litter — romaji: tanka
Composition
- 担: carry, bear
- 架: frame, rack
- Together they denote a frame used to bear or carry a person, i.e., a device for transporting patients
Etymology
On’yomi: tan-ka; Mandarin: dān jià; borrowed through Sino-Japanese linguistic contact, leading to the common reading tan-ka in modern Japanese.
Word class
Noun (名詞)