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===Mass casualty incident===
[[File:Toronto EMS bus.jpg|thumb|An ambulance bus in [[Toronto|Toronto, Canada]]]]
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# Ambulance buses can act in a stationary capacity as a casualty clearing station, field hospital, or treatment center. The units can be dispatched in advance of large events or festivals or in response to emergency events.
# Ambulance buses can be used to transport multiple stretcher-bound or wheelchair-using patients from the scene to the next definitive point of care.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sartin Services |url=http://www.sartinservices.com/MAB.html |title=Mass casualty ambulance bus |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509191807/http://www.sartinservices.com/MAB.html |archivedate=2008-05-09 |df= }}</ref> Again, units can be used in advance of eminent danger (like the evacuation of a hospital in the path of a hurricane) or as a response to an emergency (like when evacuating a nursing home that fills with smoke or to transport a large number of patients in a large-scale highway accident<ref>{{Cite web|title = Alaska National Guardsman participate in mass casualty drill|url = https://www.dvidshub.net/news/124289/alaska-national-guardsman-participate-mass-casualty-drill#.VcJGd5NVhBf|accessdate = 2015-08-05}}</ref>).
Traditional ambulance buses are designed from the ground up to handle the increased demands of multi-patient treatment and transportation. They are built with the intention of providing a close resembleace to a mobile hospital and often include large amounts of medical equipment.
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