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Death Gurney

Death Gurney

These were used to transport bodies from the death site to the morgue, the scooped shape is to prevent the body from shifting or slipping off. These types of gurnies are not in use anymore.

We found a similar one on the first floor with a built-in black body bag on top, the one on this has been removed.
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That's eerie! How many people had their last ride on this set of wheels?
Mnementh
Fri 06-10-2005
There is a type in use now that looks like a hospital bed. The body lays on a tray like the one on the guerney pictured above, but a hollow "mattress" covers the body. You could be in the lift beside this "bed" and never know it contained a deceased patient.
Lee
Wed 06-15-2005
lee, u sir are full of creepy knowlege, or just that
hahah
kudos
paxton
Thu 07-07-2005
Why dont they use this kind of a gurney anymore?

seemed like a good idea.
Amanda
Mon 10-10-2005
Reminds me of the time when I worked at the nursing home and I was on the elevator. It stopped on floor 2, and on comes the funeral dude pushing a dead patient on a gurney for removal. He gave me a creepy but friendly smile and hello. We then rode the elevator altogether, the dead person, the guy and me. *cringes*
weasel
Sat 02-25-2006
i really find this completely disturbing
shaneah
Mon 04-03-2006
I remeber when I worked at the nursing home, I used to have to clean and prepare the bodies once the resident passed, one time one sat in the back hall way for 2 hours, and it really creeped me out, of course that was the only way out to my vehicle at the end of my shift (shudders) I am glad I had the experience, and did care for the residents deeply but really do not miss that line work.
rtotten
Sat 04-08-2006
One with a built-in body bag?? That soumds like it would get very nasty after a while.
Scarlett77
Sat 05-13-2006
I find the word "gurney" to be a disturbing sounding word. Only something really awful could be called a "gurney."
Gezal
Thu 06-01-2006
At my University that type is still in use in forensic medicine department.
Nif
Tue 08-15-2006
Accorinding the the Wikipedia:

"The name gurney comes from its similarity to a horse-drawn cab patented in the USA in 1883 by J. Theodore Gurney. "
Richard Davies
Wed 05-02-2007
The curved edges are to keep bodily fluids contained in case they (fluids) were released during moving which is common for recently deceased people. So how much of what pooled on that thing? Into the 'Maytag' autoclave.
Jack_
Fri 07-18-2008
Amazing how this captures so much. All the bodies that must have been carried by this one gurney. Truely art. It gave me chills.
Definitely Emily.
Sat 06-27-2009
The last ride
The Donald
Sat 01-02-2010

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