Double Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG - what could be more alien to our idea of an ambulance? But just such a car with an engine of 571 hp showed at the exhibition RETTmobil 2011 in Fulda (Germany). This is just a sample of high-speed (up to 317 km / h) transport for a doctor. True, it is effective only in conditions of autobahns, disciplined drivers and an unlimited budget. Compare with the first "Doctor Vagen" in 1907 "Opel 4/18 PS": 8 hp and 50 km / h
Double Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG - what could be more alien to our idea of an ambulance? But just such a car with an engine of 571 hp showed at the exhibition RETTmobil 2011 in Fulda (Germany). This is just a sample of high-speed (up to 317 km / h) transport for a doctor. True, it is effective only in conditions of autobahns, disciplined drivers and an unlimited budget. Compare with the first "Doctor Vagen" in 1907 "Opel 4/18 PS": 8 hp and 50 km / h. Double Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG - what could be more alien to our idea of an ambulance? But just such a car with an engine of 571 hp showed at the exhibition RETTmobil 2011 in Fulda (Germany). This is just a sample of high-speed (up to 317 km / h) transport for a doctor. True, it is effective only in conditions of autobahns, disciplined drivers and an unlimited budget. Compare with the first "Doctor Vagen" in 1907 "Opel 4/18 PS": 8 hp and 50 km / h.
If someone thinks that an ambulance should be almost racing, he is mistaken. In order to quickly reach the victim and deliver him to a medical facility in a moment, it’s important not the maximum speed, but the flashing light, siren and the right choice of vehicle, based on a specific task.
As for special signals, this is perhaps the only case when motorists in all countries have nothing against it. But the conditions in which you have to work as an ambulance are very different. If on a free autobahn, where, moreover, disciplined drivers leave passage for special vehicles, you can really squeeze it all the way, then in a metropolis the doctor will quickly get on a motorcycle or even a bicycle. The main thing is that he had a suitcase with the necessary equipment and medicines for the first aid on the spot - before the arrival of the carriage with a stretcher.
In London traffic jams the fastest way to get to the patient is on two wheels. With a motor on the road, with pedals on the sidewalk. In both cases, the paramedic has a portable defibrillator, a dropper, drugs, and dressings at hand. As for the motorcycle, they use the Honda-ST1300 with a V-shaped “four” with a working volume of 1261 cm³
In London traffic jams the fastest way to get to the patient is on two wheels. With a motor on the road, with pedals on the sidewalk. In both cases, the paramedic has a portable defibrillator, a dropper, drugs, and dressings at hand. As for the motorcycle, they use the Honda-ST1300 with a V-shaped “four” with a working volume of 1261 cm³. In London traffic jams the fastest way to get to the patient is on two wheels. With a motor on the road, with pedals on the sidewalk. In both cases, the paramedic has a portable defibrillator, a dropper, drugs, and dressings at hand. As for the motorcycle, they use the Honda-ST1300 with a V-shaped “four” with a working volume of 1261 cm³.
In the event that the victim is far from the roads (this happens, for example, during railway and plane crashes), speed will be ensured by… a downshift in the transfer case of an all-wheel drive all-terrain vehicle. And when it comes to anti-terrorist operations in the active phase, when bullets are whistling around, it is most reliable to use a specially equipped armored personnel carrier.
All these vehicles can be found in ambulance fleets, if not here, then abroad. We only note that these fleets do not always belong to medical institutions. Often they are assigned to the rescue service or firefighters, and the crew is not listed as a doctor, but as a paramedic - a narrow specialist in providing the very first, emergency aid. Correctly making a preliminary diagnosis, fixing a damaged spine, putting a dropper, making an anti-shock injection or conducting resuscitation measures is half the success in saving a life. Then they will fight for it already in the hospital, and the ambulance's task is to bring the victim to him.
So, let's see what kind of cars are marked on the hoods Ambulance:
Ambulance from 1900
This ambulance from the distant 1900 is by no means the very first - they appeared in Spain already in 1487! It’s a pity they weren’t photographed then. In Moscow, ambulances began to ride in 1898. Flashing lights for them have not yet been invented, and instead of a siren, a deafening horn was buzzing.
In London traffic jams the fastest way to get to the patient is on two wheels. With a motor on the road, with pedals on the sidewalk.
Doctor cyclist
Shimano’s 18-speed “gearbox” helps the cyclist not to be late.
The native “loaf” (UAZ-3962), of course, cannot boast of a rich set of equipment, but it will take the patient out of the forgotten village of God or from the scene of an accident that happened in the open field.
"Loaf" (UAZ-3962)
Its power is not in speed (up to 117 km / h) and not in engine power (86 hp), but in all-wheel drive, large (220 mm) ground clearance … and price: even small cars can afford such a car villages. Note: in the cabin there is a mount for four stretchers. It was on these machines that the victims of the explosion of the St. Petersburg - Moscow train were taken.
In other countries with poor roads to remote areas, ambulances get on the basis of all-wheel drive pickups, for example Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger (Peru) or the new-fangled Volkswagen Amarok.
Volkswagen Amarok
Pictured is an ambulance presented at an exhibition in Fulda with a 163-horsepower turbodiesel. At the back there is a place for the doctor and the patient on a stretcher. With a ground clearance of 265 mm, the all-terrain vehicle overcomes the ford to a depth of half a meter. And having left on the highway and turning on the siren, he rushes to the hospital at a speed of 180 km / h!
They managed to find a very original ambulance on the island of Sark, in the English Channel: it does not have a motor, but only a drawbar. The fact is that cars are banned on this island, an alternative to them is tractors or horse traction.
Horse drawn ambulance
Just for the coachman and designed external seats. High speed of this ambulance is not required: the longest road on the island does not exceed a couple of kilometers. For the most part, the carriage is idle waiting for the patient, because the entire population is about 600 people.
The standard equipment of a modern ambulance:
Modern ambulance
- Electrocardiograph with defibrillator.
- Charge pump.
- Suction pump.
- Mechanical ventilation apparatus.
- Lockers with medicines.
- Boxes and a cabinet with dressings, tires, etc.
- Capacity for disposable gloves.
- Stretcher.
- Wearable breathing apparatus.
- First Aid Suitcase.
