ambulance call

Plea for paramedics

An ambulance call is a request for emergency medical transport, or the dispatch that results from it.

Paramedics and EMTs use the term for individual incidents: We had twelve ambulance calls last night.

The phrase can also refer to the summons itself: The 911 operator put out an ambulance call.

Related

paramedic · stretcher · dispatcher · trauma · accident · CPR · chest compressions · flashing · lights · urgent · hospital · emergency room · rescue · bleeding · stroke · heart attack · code blue · first responder

Opposites
medical urgency

ambulance callannual physical

Routine health examination

wellness visit · dental cleaning · routine checkup · routine screening · health screening

Family

ambulance, call, ambulances, calls, called, calling, caller, callers, callback

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G