A powered ambulance cot for transporting a patient above a surface , comprising: a support frame for supporting the patient above the surface; four legs , each leg having a wheel for supporting the cot on the surface; a pair of actuators , each actuator interconnects the support frame and a respective pair of the legs and effects changes in position of the wheels of each respective pair of the legs relative to the support frame ; a motor controller which controls the pair of actuators individually to raise and lower the wheels of each respective pair of the legs with respect to the support frame according to a mode selection from a plurality of mode selections; and characterized in that the powered ambulance cot further comprises: a graphical user interface (GUI) controller which, via an electrically connected graphical user interface (GUI) , receives an input of the mode selection from among the plurality of mode selections and outputs a matching image on the GUI of the selected mode, wherein the plurality of mode selections comprises a selection for directly powering both leg pairs , a selection for directly powering loading end legs , a selection for directly powering control end legs , a selection for a chair position mode, a selection for setting a load height of the cot , and a selection for a normal operating mode. a support frame for supporting the patient above the surface; four legs , each leg having a wheel for supporting the cot on the surface; a pair of actuators , each actuator interconnects the support frame and a respective pair of the legs and effects changes in position of the wheels of each respective pair of the legs relative to the support frame ; a motor controller which controls the pair of actuators individually to raise and lower the wheels of each respective pair of the legs with respect to the support frame according to a mode selection from a plurality of mode selections; and characterized in that the powered ambulance cot further comprises: a graphical user interface (GUI) controller which, via an electrically connected graphical user interface (GUI) , receives an input of the mode selection from among the plurality of mode selections and outputs a matching image on the GUI of the selected mode, wherein the plurality of mode selections comprises a selection for directly powering both leg pairs , a selection for directly powering loading end legs , a selection for directly powering control end legs , a selection for a chair position mode, a selection for setting a load height of the cot , and a selection for a normal operating mode. a graphical user interface (GUI) controller which, via an electrically connected graphical user interface (GUI) , receives an input of the mode selection from among the plurality of mode selections and outputs a matching image on the GUI of the selected mode, wherein the plurality of mode selections comprises a selection for directly powering both leg pairs , a selection for directly powering loading end legs , a selection for directly powering control end legs , a selection for a chair position mode, a selection for setting a load height of the cot , and a selection for a normal operating mode. <EOS>