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2. Ambulance - Wikipedia

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   Ambulance. An ambulance or Patient Transport Vehicle 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. Ambulances are used to respond to medical emergencies by emergency medical services (EMS), and ...

3. History of the ambulance - Wikipedia

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   The history of the ambulance begins in ancient times, with the use of carts to transport patients. Ambulances were first used for emergency transport in 1487 by the Spanish forces during the siege of Málaga by the Catholic monarchs against the Emirate of Granada, [1] and civilian variants were put into operation in the 1830s.

4. Emergency medical services in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Freedom House Ambulance Service was the first emergency medical service in the United States to be staffed by paramedics with medical training beyond basic first aid. [24] In the late 1960s, Dr. R Adams Cowley was instrumental in the creation of the country's first statewide EMS program, in Maryland. The system was called the Division of ...

5. Emergency medical services - Wikipedia

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   Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care. [1] They may also be known as a first aid squad, [2] FAST squad, [3] emergency squad, [4] ambulance squad ...

6. Air ambulances in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Carolina Aire Care - Carolina Air Care is a CAMTS accredited critical care and emergency transportation agency serving North Carolina and surrounding areas. Headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC is a nonprofit regional air ambulance. CareFlight – serves the Dayton, Ohio region and a 150-mile (240 km) radius to serve much of Southwest Ohio.

7. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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   Code 1: A time critical case with a lights and sirens ambulance response. An example is a cardiac arrest or serious traffic accident. Code 2: An acute but non-time critical response. The ambulance does not use lights and sirens to respond. An example of this response code is a broken leg. Code 3: A non-urgent routine case. These include cases ...