A system for transporting and immobilizing a patient, in particular stroke patient for CT imaging, comprises a stretcher (1) made of rigid radiolucent material, e.g. polycarbonate, with a body section (2) and a narrower head section (3), and a removable head rest (4) made of rigid radiolucent material, e.g. styrofoam, mounted in the head section of the stretcher. The stretcher (1) has the belt slits (10) for the immobilizing belts (9), shaped in the body side walls (6) and in the head side walls (7), and the handle slits (11) for transfer of the stretcher, shaped in the body side walls (6) and in the bottom (5). The immobilizing belts (9) comprise the velcro closures or plastic clips. The stretcher bottom (5) may be covered with an elastic liner (18). The head rest (4) consists of a head rest bottom part (12), and a head rest upper part (13), wherein the head rest bottom part (12) has a lower cavity (14) for the back of the patients head and neck, and the head rest upper part (13) has an upper cavity (15) for the facial part of the patients head, with an opening (16) for the patients mouth, nose and eyes. The head rest bottom part (12) and the head rest upper part (13) can be joined by a velcro closure or plastic clips.
