Ambulance transports

Unlike these ships, which were entitled to protection from attack under the Geneva Convention, the Franconia and nineteen other vessels like her were classed as ambulance transports or black hospital ships . These were also equipped to convey and treat sick and wounded but they doubled as troop and stores carriers on return voyages... 

Cunard Line s Franconin was the principal ambulance transport during the Dardanelles Campaif[Pg.106]

VI. Ambulance transport and hospital treatment. For skin or inhalation exposures, no special precautions should be required if adequate decontamination has been carried out in the field prior to transport. 

In the planning stage, the following should be prepared a list of medical facilities at the local, regional, and national levels, a list of specialized medical facilities in other countries, a list of medical and support staff with telephone numbers and addresses in each respective location, a list of specialized medical centers for treating patients with radiation-induced skin lesions or immunosuppression, a list of equipment and supplies needed for emergency response, and agreements with ambulance transport services. 

Y. Xiao, D. Gagliano, M. LaMonte, P. Hu, W. Gaasch, and R. Gunawadane, "Design and evaluation of a real-time mobile telemedicine system for ambulance transport," /. High Speed Netw., vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 47-56, 2000. 

When arranging ambulance transport, ensure that ambulance control are aware of what level of risk the patient is... 

The ambulance vehicle should be prepared properly to receive and transport the victim and possibly the rescuers. All personnel involved in the transport should be properly dressed in protective clothing. The hospital should be advised immediately of the situation so prepzirations can be made to prevent contamination of emergency department. Bring all available information on the contaminant to the hospital. 

After the victim has been transported to the hospital the ambulance vehicle must be decontaminated by trained personnel. 

Mme. Curie learned to drive a car and transported instruments to be installed in the army hospitals. And while this woman, then almost fifty, loaded heavy pieces of apparatus, Irene did ambulance service near Amiens, where the old cathedral shook under incessant cannonading. Irene even went into Ypres where chlorine choked the lives out of helpless soldiers. Mother and daughter worked like Amazons. 

At 2 07 p.m. an ambulance arrived for relief, but, because of the large number of injured, three ambulances in total came to provide relief, first-aid, and transport to the hospital. 

The first major task faced by planners is to assess the current state of the EHS system. Significant variability exists in the components of the EHS system. Planners must know the exact capabilities of each component. For the EMS dispatch system, how is dispatch performed and how can it be used to make triage decisions For EMS, how many ambulances and EMS providers exist How many can be requested from surrounding regions How are the destinations of EMS patients determined For EDs, how many can handle major trauma Minor trauma Intensive care patients How can a massive influx of patients be handled What alternate sites for care exist What transportation resources are available for distributing treated patients efficiently to maintain ED inflow and outflow What alternate shelter sources exist What preparations for mass decontamination are in place This survey must be continually repeated to ensure that the latest data are available to planners. 

S How Patient Ambulance Public Transportation Private Vehicle... 

Clear, zip-front body suits or large water repellant blankets to minimize contamination to transport personnel and ambulances Duct Tape (4-inch)... 

Medical personnel, in many cases, failed to take appropriate precautions. At least 42 technicians failed to wear protective clothing when working with contaminated patients or in contaminated rooms. Ambulances used to transport victims were not surveyed and decontaminated, and many homes remained contaminated for some time. 

Industrial plants may have their own medical staff, or a physician can be called and ambulances may be available in the nearby hospital for rapid transportation. First-aid measures can be taken until the arrival of qualified staff. In addition, medical assistance and firefighters may be requested as soon as possible, while the injured person should be given first aid and moved from the dangerous point. Normally it is not advisable to move any injured person if there is no nearby life-threatening hazard. This is to avoid aggravating any injury. If it is desirable to move a person, care should be taken that there should be no stress or strain imposed on the injured part of the body. 

Physician services, physical and occupational therapy services, radiological procedures, clinical laboratory tests, other medical diagnostic procedures, hearing and vision services, transportation services including ambulance Medical suppliesj orthotic and prosthetic devices, durable medical equipment... 

Health service providers include clinics, informal practitioners, hospitals, laboratories or other diagnostic services, pharmacies, community care service providers, health promoters, ambulances or other transport service providers, and vendors of prostheses. 

Transporter inhibitors AM404, VDMl 1,0MDM2, UCM707 Decreased ambulation and increased inactivity in rats (Gonzalez et al. 1999 Beltramo et al. 2000) Potentiated anandamide-induced motor inhibition (de Lago et al. 2002 and 2004a)... 

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