All About Ambulances

A vehicle used to transport the sick or injured to and from a place of treatment is called an ambulance. It also provides emergency medical care to patients. Ambulances were first introduced by the Knights of St John in Europe. Ambulances offer a number of services. They provide emergency care to the ill and injured. They transport patients for medical treatment to and from a hospital. They may reach an acutely ill person to a hospital.

Though commonly ambulances refer to motor vehicles, trucks, station wagons and vans are also used as ambulances. Aircrafts, helicopters, boats and ships too provide these same emergency cares and are also known by the same term 'ambulance'.

Ambulances need to move fast and unobstructed on the roads. They are fitted with warning flash lights and sirens for others to identify the oncoming ambulances in advance so that they can give way for them. The ambulances also stand out visually due to their adopting visual features with specific design. The Geneva Convention prescribes specific symbols such as the Red Cross, the Red Crescent and the Red Crystal for their protection.

As ambulances are usually customized, these are built by specialized vehicle manufacturers. The options available for incorporation in the ambulance are many. With advances in medical technology, there are seemingly limitless options of what you can have inside the ambulance. The limitation is only the investment that one can make. It is cheaper to modify used ambulances.

Standardized ambulances with specific features and designs are readily available in the market. Ambulances are, in most instances, custom built with features as desired by the clients. Existing ambulances can also be modified. Single stretcher or double stretcher ambulances are available. Ambulances have touch screen panel which control the various features. The temperature inside the ambulance can be controlled. The access feature at the rear end of the ambulance can be modified according to the needs of the patients. There is a range of medical equipments that are incorporated into the ambulance. In addition to emergency drugs, the medical equipments that can be incorporated into an ambulance includes patient monitor, oxygen, suction unit, syringes and needles, intubation equipments, ventilator, infusions and many more. The personnel manning the ambulance include paramedics and trained persons for handling the equipments.

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