ambulance

Also known as emergency ambulance, patient transport ambulance, patient transport ambulances, emergency ambulances, ambulances

thumb|A Toyota HiAce ambulance in [[Japan]] thumb|right|Mercedes-Benz Sprinter ambulance in [[Germany.]]

AI overview

An ambulance is a vehicle equipped to transport sick or injured people to medical care. It matters because it enables rapid emergency response and provides immediate medical assistance during transport to a hospital or other healthcare facility.

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Research

24,362 papers

Dynamic ambulance relocation: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2023Becker J, Kurland L, Höglund E et al.DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073394
A review on ambulance offload delay literature.ReviewHealth care management science · 2019Li M, Vanberkel P, Carter AJEDOI: 10.1007/s10729-018-9450-x
A Review of Ambulance Terrorism on the African Continent.ReviewPrehospital and disaster medicine · 2023Besenyő J, Barten DG, De Cauwer HG et al.DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X23000213
Grand theft ambulance: Media reports of stolen ambulances in the United States, 1980 to 2020.ReviewThe American journal of emergency medicine · 2024Sullivan RA, Kraus CKDOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.09.025
Microbial contamination on ambulance surfaces: a systematic literature review.The Journal of hospital infection · 2022Obenza A, Cruz P, Buttner M et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.12.020
Association between ambient temperature and ambulance dispatch: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Xu E, Li Y, Li T et al.DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20508-3
Sky-High Air Ambulance Prices.Annals of emergency medicine · 2020Kelly MDOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.09.447
Ambulance diversion and emergency department offload delay.Prehospital emergency care · 2011National Association of EMS PhysiciansDOI: 10.3109/10903127.2011.598620

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20 sections

Contents

History
Functional types
Vehicle types
Design and construction
Standards
Safety
Equipment
Intermediate technology
Appearance and markings
Passive visual warnings
Active visual warnings
Audible warnings
Costs
Crewing
Military use
Ambulette
Reuse of retired ambulances
See also
References and notes
External links

thumb|A Toyota HiAce ambulance in [[Japan]] thumb|right|Mercedes-Benz Sprinter ambulance in [[Germany.]]

An ambulance is a medically equipped vehicle used to transport patients to treatment facilities, such as hospitals. 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 can rapidly transport paramedics and other first responders, carry equipment for administering emergency care, and transport patients to hospital or other definitive care. Most ambulances use a design based on vans or pickup trucks, though others take the form of motorcycles, buses, hearses, aircraft and boats.

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