Gurney

Gurney was the generic term used to describe a mobile platform or other form of medical conveyance.

Description
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.

Historic Usage
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 scenes
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 3956 BBY. In fact, the real world term owes its name to J. Theodore Gurney, further adding to the fictional theory.

Appearances

 * MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
 * Darth Bane: Rule of Two
 * Galaxy of Fear: Planet Plague
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Threat Within