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on a gurney vs in a gurney

The correct phrase is 'on a gurney.' 'In a gurney' is not a common or correct phrase in English. The preposition 'on' is used to indicate the position of someone lying on a gurney.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 751 views

on a gurney

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to describe someone lying on a gurney, which is a type of stretcher used in hospitals or ambulances.

Examples:

  • The injured man was placed on a gurney and wheeled into the emergency room.
  • She was lying on a gurney waiting to be taken to the operating room.
  • We don't need you on a gurney this morning.
  • Sprawled on a gurney, and the ring falls out of my coat pocket.
  • They wheeled him out on a gurney.
  • Gordy, we need to get you on a gurney.
  • Let's put her on a gurney on my count.
  • I've even seen them sit straight up on a gurney.
  • Lieutenant provenza, please make sure that our victim is on a gurney at the morgue.
  • That man was just taken away on a gurney.
  • You put that body in a bag, put him on a gurney, and I can go.
  • That thief would've left that room on a gurney or in a box.
  • I will not leave here on a gurney, understand?
  • And then, right when I get there, they're rolling her out on a gurney.
  • I'd just like to be on a gurney and then sit up and go,
  • Maybe we should get you on a gurney.
  • Get me on a gurney follow my lead.
  • Last thing I remember, I'm laying on a gurney.
  • I was on a gurney being rushed to Intensive Care in excruciating pain.
  • I pretend that I'm dead And I lie on a gurney
  • I shined directly in his eye after I rolled over his foot with a large man on a gurney.
  • So someone came up with the idea to take him out of the body bag, dress him in the orange jumpsuit, put his dead body on a gurney, stick a IV in his dead arm and take him out of the facility.

Alternatives:

  • on a stretcher
  • on a hospital bed
  • on a medical bed
  • on a transport stretcher
  • on a medical stretcher

in a gurney

This phrase is not correct in English.

  • I guess lying unconscious in a gurney... really should not count.
  • I got hit by a gurney.
  • I need a gurney, please.
  • Maybe we should get you on a gurney.
  • I guess I pushed you across town under a gurney for nothing.
  • You look like you could use a gurney.
  • They wheeled him out on a gurney.
  • Let's put her on a gurney on my count.
  • We don't need you on a gurney this morning.
  • Madam, you'll never be a Gurney.
  • A gurney landed on you, the sunroof shattered on your head.
  • Sprawled on a gurney, and the ring falls out of my coat pocket.
  • I've even seen them sit straight up on a gurney.
  • Lieutenant provenza, please make sure that our victim is on a gurney at the morgue.
  • The next time l see you, Shirley, I'll be standing over a gurney about to poke you with a lethal injection.
  • Gordy, we need to get you on a gurney.
  • He was on a... a gurney.
  • Plenty of broads he's stretched across a gurney or what have you knowing just what to say.
  • Yeah. We'll need a gurney, Tom.
  • Get me on a gurney follow my lead.

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