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A Ford E-Series ambulance with its emergency lights on in Boston An NHS ambulance in south-west London. An ambulance is a medically-equipped vehicle used to transport patients to treatment facilities, such as hospitals. [1] Typically, out-of-hospital medical care is provided to the patient during the transport.
The first record of ambulances being used for emergency purposes relates to the troops of Isabella I of Castile in 1487. The Spanish army of the time was well treated and attracted volunteers from across the continent; and among their benefits were the first military hospitals (ambulancias), although injured soldiers were not picked up for treatment until after the cessation of the battle ...
Type I Ambulances are based on the chassis-cabs of light duty pickup-trucks, Type II Ambulances are based on modern passenger/cargo vans, referred to in the industry as Vanbulances. Type III Ambulances are based on chassis-cabs of light duty vans, AD (Additional Duty) versions of both Type I and Type III designs are also defined.
Ambulance versions of the M113 have existed for nearly as long as the vehicle has been in production, and fielded by many different countries. During the Vietnam War the U.S. Army introduced the M113 medevac vehicle to function as an armored ambulance for the treatment and evacuation of wounded personnel from the battlefield.
Ambulances are still the Wild West of medical billing, a notoriously fragmented market with a mix of ownership. Private firms including private equity or publicly traded companies provided 40% of ...
Hundreds of ambulances arrived in Derna, Libya, on Tuesday (12 September) to aid victims of deadly flooding, the country's Ministry of Health said. Emergency services have been deployed to carry ...
An ambulance with two red revolving lights mounted above two flashing red lights, with two speakers between for the vehicle's electronic siren.Also seen are two antennae; the one seen between the two speakers is for a two-way radio, while the one seen in front of the flashing light on the left is probably for the vehicle's conventional AM/FM radio.