ambulance crew
Mobile medical team
The people who staff an ambulance—typically emergency medical technicians or paramedics who respond to medical emergencies, provide on-scene treatment, and transport patients to hospitals.
The ambulance crew arrived within minutes of the 911 call.
British English favors this term; Americans more often say paramedics or EMTs.
- EMTPrehospital care professional
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- crash cartEmergency medical supply cart
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- first responderInitial crisis scene personnel
CPR · chest compressions · triage · driver · aid · defibrillator · uniform · golden hour · mask · siren · ride along · bandage · blood · oxygen · tourniquet · gloves · radio · flashing lights
role in emergency response
ambulance crewperpetrator
One who commits wrongdoing
assailant · drunk driver · arsonist · attacker · victim
professional vs. recipient
ambulance crewpatient
Able to wait calmly
casualty · injured party · accident victim · bystander · onlooker