Abstract
Abstract
An effective ambulance service serves as a life-saving link, bridging the gap between the incident location and the hospital. Safe transport of patients from one location to another is a fundamental part of emergency medical services. Patient transportation system encompasses not only Ambulances but also a wide range of mechanical systems including patient lifts, trolleys, stretchers and wheel-chairs available in the department of Accident and Emergency. The main objective of ambulance services is to transport the sick and injured as quickly and comfortably to hospital as possible where effective medical care can be rendered by qualified competent medical, nursing and paramedical staff. Ambulance is an out reaching limb of the hospital based emergency medical services and follows the principle of ‘scoop and run’ rather than ‘stay and play’. An efficient, promptly responding, well-equipped ambulance service staffed with competent personnel is considered one of the essentials of well-organized emergency department. The way the ambulance was driven and the quality of the road had an impact on the patient’s medical condition. An ideal ambulance provides a driver compartment and patient compartment, which can accommodate two emergency medical technicians and two lying patients.