logroll

Verb

  • To exchange political favours.
  • To combine legislative items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass.
  • To roll a log in a body of water, while balancing on it; to birl.
  • To move like rolling logs.
  • To safely move (a body) in an emergency (medical) situation, tilting them up, then laying them on a transport surface.

Noun

  • A method of moving a patient, rolling them onto their side, and later onto a transport method such as a tarp, spineboard, or stretcher.

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