Ambulances respond to medical emergencies and help transport patients to necessary medical facilities, such as hospitals. They must also be well equipped with some primary medical equipment.

The ambulance ensures the rapid arrival of the team of paramedics or other first responders at a scene of medical emergency, providing primary medical care and transferring patients to hospitals. Ambulances are generally manufactured in the form of pickup trucks or vans. There may be bus or car ambulances and ship and plane ambulances to overcome emergencies during the trip in special cases.

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Vehicle Types

Based on the severity of the emergency, ambulances can be classified into four types. They are classified into type I, type II, type II, type IV.

type i The ambulance is intended to provide advanced life support and perform rescue work. They are also called a Mobile Intensive Care Unit or MICU. The rear compartment heavy trucks are used for Type I ambulances.

Type II Ambulances are generally intended to provide basic life support. Still, it is very common to notice that they are also used to provide advanced life support and rescue and Type I ambulances. Therefore, for Type II ambulances, the use of modified heavy duty vans is recommended.

Type III ambulances use vans, and type IV Ambulances use much smaller utility vehicles where trucks or passenger vehicles have difficulty reaching. This is applicable for uncalled emergencies in commercial premises or industrial complexes, in events with a large influx of public, etc.

functional types

Ambulances are built in such a way that they can serve more than one function. Some functional classifications of ambulances are given below:

• Emergency Ambulance – This is the most common type of ambulance constantly visible on the roads. They can be vans, cars, planes, or even converted vehicles like a golf cart.

• Patient transport ambulance: transport patients to or between medical centers.

• Ambulance Bus: They are mainly implemented to transport a large number of patients together.

• Charity Ambulance – Certain types of ambulances are provided by charitable funds to take sick children or admitted elderly people on out-of-hospital trips.

• Bariatric Ambulance: These ambulances are designed with equipment and tools to transport and move extremely obese people.

Safety and Equipment

Other vehicles may or may not, but ambulances are required to offer their services twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Ambulances must operate in all weather conditions to ensure maximum patient safety. Therefore, certain equipment must be present in all ambulances so that they can facilitate patient care. They are:

• Two-way radio that gives work to ambulances and allows communication between the hospital and the place of emergency.

• Sometimes, instead of two-way radios, mobile data terminals are installed in ambulances that connect directly to the central computers in control centers.

• CCTV cameras must also be present inside an ambulance to record required patient behavior for future reference.

• A good ambulance should also have a lifting platform so that a patient can be lifted without any difficulty. Air conditioners must be in working condition as a closed ambulance can suffocate without support.