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gurney (medicine) and altitude sickness (sh)


gurney (medicine)


gurney


A stretcher or cot with wheels used to transport hospital patients.

Origin: Scottish gurn, to grimace in pain; Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, British physician and inventor, 1793-1875


altitude sickness (sh)




or mountain sickness

Acute reaction to a change from low altitudes to altitudes above 8,000 ft (2,400 m).

Most people gradually adapt, but some have a severe reaction that can be fatal unless they return to low altitude. Normal adaptations to the reduced oxygen at high altitude (e.g., breathlessness, racing heartbeat) are exaggerated; Other manifestations include headache, gastrointestinal upsets, and weakness. Pulmonary edema is quickly reversed with oxygen and evacuation to a lower area.