Designed for maximum flexibility, Detecto's 8500 Portable Stretcher Scale offers the efficiency and user-accessibility necessary to accommodate emergency arrivals to a hospital, when timely results are of the utmost importance. Thanks to its ultra-thin platform and low weight, the scale is easily portable in its vertical transport mode using guiding handles and integral wheels. Its large platform and dual ramps make for a smooth journey on and off the scale, while its MedVue indicator offers a Hold/Release key, convenient pushbutton tare feature, and single-pass weighing system. All of these features reduce the time needed to get weight readings with clinical-grade accuracy for patients in all manner of stretchers, gurneys, and wheelchairs.