spider strap

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the resemblance to a spider's many legs.

Noun[edit]

spider strap (plural spider straps)

  1. A system of connected straps (for example on luggage or for equine use).
  2. (emergency medicine, chiefly in the plural) One of a ten-armed system of straps used by responders in backboard immobilization.
    • 1995, Nancy L. Caroline, Nancy L. Caroline, Emergency care in the streets, link:
      "SPIDER STRAPS" provide a very quick and efficient way to secure a patient to a long backboard.
    • 2005, Dee Henderson, The Protector, link:
      She secured the straps, pulling them tight to let the weight settle to her shoulder and back muscles. Fanning the spider straps of the face mask, she took a deep breath and donned it chin first, then straps at the neck, temple,
    • 2009, Sacred Trust, page 152:
      “Hey,” Beverly said, looking with dismay at the spider straps that secured Frankie to the backboard. “Dr. Bower, how can I get an EKG with him strapped down?”

Quotations[edit]

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