PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stretcher carrying assistant device for enabling carrying a stretcher with a small number of people even in an accessible flat route with a narrower width than that of the stretcher to be carried.SOLUTION: A stretcher carrying assistant device 1 is installed to a stretcher 100 having a pair of parallel support bars 110 and a sheet 120 stretched between the pair of support bars 110 in order to assist carrying the stretcher 100. The stretcher carrying assistant device 1 includes: a support pole 10 detachably attached to one end 110a of the pair of support bars 110 of the stretcher 100 and a single wheel 20 provided at a bottom end of the support pole 10 and positioned at a center of the stretcher 100 in a width direction. This enables a carrier to carry the stretcher 100 on his/her own by the carrier supporting the other end 110b of the support bars 110 of the stretcher 100, and to support the stretcher 100 with the single wheel 20 even when the width of an accessible route is narrower than that of the stretcher 100.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】通行可能な平坦部が担架の幅より狭い足場でも、担架を少人数の運搬者によって運搬することができる担架運搬補助装置を提供すること。【解決手段】担架運搬補助装置1は、一対の平行な支持棒110と、支持棒110の間に張架したシート120とを有する担架100に装着され、担架100の移動を補助する。担架運搬補助装置1は、担架100の一対の支持棒110の一端110aに着脱自在に装着される支柱部10と、支柱部10の下端に配設され、担架100の幅方向中央に位置付けられる一輪の車輪20と、を有し、担架100の支持棒110の他端110bを支持する運搬者が一人で担架100を運搬でき、足場が担架100の幅より狭い場合も一輪の車輪20で担架100を支持できる。【選択図】図1