ambulance
Paramedic's transport vehicle
An ambulance is a vehicle equipped to transport sick or injured people to a hospital, typically staffed with medical personnel who can provide emergency care en route.
The word extends to similar vehicles for animals: a pet ambulance.
To chase ambulances is to solicit clients at accident scenes—hence ambulance chaser for unscrupulous lawyers.
Prehospital emergency caregiver
- EMTPrehospital care professional
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- IVVein-delivered medication method
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
bandage · splint · trauma · patient · CPR · intubation · tourniquet · adrenaline
Emergency medical technicians
- 911Crisis response number
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- accidentUnintended harmful event
trauma · stretcher · triage · defibrillator · critical · casualty · disaster · evacuation
Emergency air transport injured
- extricationAct of freeing
- search-and-rescueLocating and retrieving imperiled persons
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
lifeline · survival · recovery · airlift · triage · stabilize · responder · casualty
Enclosed cargo vehicle
- chassisStructural support base
- fleetVehicles under unified command
- lightsSources of illumination
- cabVehicle for hire
dispatcher · driver · station · garage · livery · equipment · compartment · diesel
paramedic
Prehospital emergency caregiver
- EMTPrehospital care professional
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- IVVein-delivered medication method
defibrillator · bandage · splint · trauma · patient · CPR · intubation · tourniquet · adrenaline · saline
paramedics
Emergency medical technicians
accident · trauma · stretcher · triage · defibrillator · critical · casualty · disaster · evacuation · lifesaver
medevac
Emergency air transport injured
- extricationAct of freeing
- search-and-rescueLocating and retrieving imperiled persons
- evacuationRemoval from danger
heroism · lifeline · survival · recovery · airlift · triage · stabilize · responder · casualty · retrieval
van
Enclosed cargo vehicle
cab · dispatcher · driver · station · garage · livery · equipment · compartment · diesel · radio
wail
Prolonged mournful cry
beacon · klaxon · warning · alert · piercing · urgent · horn · signal · audible · shriek
transfer
Move between locations
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
- dispatchSend with speed
- transitMovement between places
mobility · pickup · destination · routing · call-out · journey · handover · admission
- gezondheidszorgarts, diagnose, specialist, consult, intake
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- transportationcar, bus, airplane, train, plane
- vehiclescar, bus, truck, van, bike
- emergency medicalemergency room, EMS, ER, EMT, paramedic
ambulancehearse
Vehicle transporting caskets
funeral coach · pleasure cruise · tour bus · limousine · recreational vehicle
ambulanceparked car
- call an ambulanceRequest urgent medical response
- ambulance chaserUnscrupulous personal injury lawyer
- air ambulanceEmergency medical aircraft
- ambulance serviceEmergency medical transport provider
- ambulance chasingAggressive personal injury solicitation
- ambulance driverEmergency vehicle operator
ambulances, ambulant, ambulanceman, ambulancemen, ambulance chaser