A rescue vehicle (1) having a compartment (2) for receiving a movable stretcher (15) having two mushroom-shaped pins (23, 24) located at a front end and a rear end respectively of the stretcher (15). The compartment (2) has a lateral opening (6) for passage of the stretcher (15), and which is narrower than the length of the stretcher (15); a click-on lock unit (28) located at one end of the compartment (2), such end facing the lateral opening (6), and for locking a first of the two pins (23, 24); and a guide unit (29), which is set back with respect to the lateral opening (6), is coplanar with the lock unit (28), and on which a second of the two pins (23, 24) slides during insertion.