DRE Rolls Out Feature-Packed, Value-Priced Patient Stretcher

The DRE Millennium 5 is a hospital-ready stretcher that features a fifth wheel for smooth steering and comes standard with two collapsible IV poles.

Louisville, Ky., April 21, 2010 – DRE, Inc., a premier surgical and medical equipment supplier, now offers the DRE Millennium 5, a durable emergency stretcher loaded with features and available for a fraction of the cost of competing stretchers.

"The DRE Millennium 5 is the ultimate stretcher value," says Justin Jeffries, DRE’s chief operating officer. "It has a fifth wheel for improved maneuvering and can be easily adjusted to raised knee and raised back positions."

Physicians and nurses can adjust the DRE Millennium 5 to a variety of positions, including Trendelenburg and Reverse Trendelenburg. The DRE Millennium 5 features a long, wide sleeping surface, and provides variable height adjustment.

The DRE Millennium 5 has two collapsible IV poles built in to the bed frame – one at the head and one at the foot.

It’s attractive, durable construction also features:

• Steel bed frame with powder coating
• Bumpers at each corner made of durable ABS plastic
• Base cover made of ABS plastic with tanks for oxygen bottle and emergency devices
• Mattress base made of ABS plastic board
• High density PU foam mattress covered with synthetic leather
• Collapsible side rails

The DRE Millennium 5 features a fifth wheel for improved maneuverability and smooth turning, and conveniently-placed handles that can potentially reduce back strain for medical staff. The DRE Millennium 5 also features brake locks at the head and foot, as well as at each side.

In addition to medical lighting, DRE distributes a variety of new and professionally refurbished medical and surgical equipment such as the Colin BP-S510 Patient Monitor, DRE Integra AV-S Anesthesia Machine, and DRE Maxx Luxx 3 Surgery Lighting System.

The DRE Millennium 5 Patient Stretcher is available now from DRE. Materials managers can learn more about DRE’s complete selection of new and professionally refurbished medical products by visiting https://www.dremed.com/.