Ambulance bus: Difference between revisions

▲An '''ambulance bus''' is a type of [[ambulance]] used to transport and treat multiple [[patients]] who require ambulance-level care. Ambulance buses have been used for a number of different purposes, including [[Mass-casualty incident|mass casualty incident]] response, [[disaster response]], offering on-site [[triage]], surge capacity, testing [[hospital]] preparedness,<ref name=hospitalpreparedness>{{cite web|url=http://triad.news14.com/content/local_news/triad/632052/high-point-regional-hospital-tests-its-emergency-preparedness |title=High Point Regional Hospital tests its emergency preparedness |accessdate=2010-10-28 |publisher=News 14 Carolina |url-status=dead |df= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719064823/http://triad.news14.com/content/local_news/triad/632052/high-point-regional-hospital-tests-its-emergency-preparedness |archivedate=2011-07-19 }}</ref> [[firefighter]] rehabilitation, hospital evacuation, [[Nursing home care|rest home (nursing home)]] evacuation, taking patients on routine journeys (such as [[vacation|holidays]]) for care-dependent patients or patients who use wheelchairs,<ref name=jumbulance>{{cite web|url=http://www.jumbulance.org.uk/faq.html |title=Questions and Answers |accessdate=2007-06-02 |publisher=Jumbulance Travel Trust |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702165512/http://www.jumbulance.org.uk/faq.html |archivedate=2 July 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> or to deal with specific problems such as drunken patients in town centres.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=London Ambulance Service|title=Ambulance crews prepare for party night pressure|url=http://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/news/news_releases_and_statements/ambulance_crews_prepare_for_p.aspx|date=2008-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Aboard the 'Booze Bus'|publisher=BBC News|date=2007-12-17|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7147646.stm}}</ref> Ambulance buses can also be used to prevent health crises by providing mobile care during [[marathon]]s/events<ref>{{Cite web|title = First Hospital-Based Mass Evacuation Bus in Hampton {{!}} First Line Tech|url = http://www.firstlinetech.com/first-hospital-based-mass-evacuation-bus-in-hampton-roads-now-based-at-sentara-virginia-beach-general-hospital/|website = www.firstlinetech.com|accessdate = 2015-08-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160123160622/http://www.firstlinetech.com/first-hospital-based-mass-evacuation-bus-in-hampton-roads-now-based-at-sentara-virginia-beach-general-hospital/|archive-date = 2016-01-23|url-status = dead}}</ref> or providing a respite from the heat and preventing [[heat exhaustion]] on hot days.<ref>{{Cite web|title = X Games Austin: Several treated downtown for heat, EMS says|url = http://www.austin360.com/weblogs/atx-games/2014/jun/05/ems-several-treated-downtown-heat-during-x-games-e/|accessdate = 2015-08-05}}</ref>