medical transport
Emergency health vehicle
Medical transport is the movement of patients by vehicle, aircraft, or other means for healthcare purposes.
It ranges from non-emergency trips to doctor's appointments to emergency ambulance runs and helicopter airlifts.
The insurance covers medical transport to the nearest hospital.
The term also refers to the vehicles themselves: Three medical transports arrived at the scene.
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- sirenWailing alert device
- gurneyMobile patient transport bed
- patientAble to wait calmly
- patient transferMoving person between facilities
triage · golden hour · airlift · life flight · paramedics · radio · first responder · defibrillator · dispatcher · flight nurse · emergency vehicles · cot · trauma center · emergency room · crash cart · rapid response · IV · oxygen
- aviationaircraft, airports, flying, flight, airplane
- emergency medicalemergency room, EMS, ER, EMT, paramedic
- prisoner transportprison bus, prison transfer, federal marshal, shackles, handcuffs
- war medicinecombat medic, combat medics, field hospital, field hospitals, field surgery
- paratransitparatransit, dial-a-ride, door-to-door service, wheelchair van, accessible van
- transportationcar, bus, airplane, train, plane
purpose of transport
medical transporttaxi
Vehicle for hire
rideshare · leisure travel · sightseeing tour · joyride · public transit