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The medical evacuation vehicle is the primary ambulance platform in units equipped with the Stryker family of vehicles. [ citation needed ] It is based on the infantry carrier variant. The commonality of the platforms reduces the maintenance footprint and variety of logistics support.
Medical evacuation, often shortened to medevac [1] or medivac, [1] is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to patients requiring evacuation or transport using medically equipped air ambulances, helicopters and other means of emergency transport including ground ambulance and maritime transfers. [2] [3]
Stryker. Stryker 4,466 . M1126 infantry carrier vehicle (ICV) M1126 Stryker (IAV) has two variants, he infantry carrier vehicle (ICV) and the mobile gun system (MGS).; The (ICV) variant has eight additional configurations: mortar carrier (MC), reconnaissance vehicle (RV), commanders vehicle (CV), fire support vehicle (FSV), medical evacuation vehicle (MEV), engineer squad vehicle (ESV), anti ...
Air ambulances in the United States are operated by a variety of hospitals, local government agencies, and for-profit companies. Medical evacuations by air are also performed by the United States Armed Forces (for example in combat areas, training accidents, and United States Coast Guard rescues) and United States National Guard (typically while responding to natural disasters).
The term ambulance comes from the Latin word ambulare as meaning 'to walk or move about' [3] which is a reference to early medical care where patients were moved by lifting or wheeling. The word originally meant a moving hospital, which follows an army in its movements. [ 4 ]
What is a medical evacuation on a cruise? The way cruise ships get sick or injured passengers to shore depends largely on "the weather, the location and the assets available," Scott said.
The vehicle generally performed favourably, providing performance similar to or better than that of other modern medical evacuation vehicles and aircraft; however, small concerns were noted (mostly in regards to the safety and security of stowages) which were fed back into the design process for improvement.
An ambulance bus in York Region, Canada. An ambulance bus is a type of ambulance with the capacity to transport and treat multiple patients.An ambulance bus is used primarily for medical evacuation of mass casualty incidents [1] [2] and non-emergency medical transport of care-dependent patients, [3] and can also be used for specific problems such as drunk patients in town centres.