The role of the ambulance in health care and non-emergency medical transport services

The general public believes that medical transport services are limited to critical cases and that the ambulance vehicle is used only in emergencies.
This belief is correct, but it represents half of the use of the ambulance vehicle.
As all ambulances are equipped according to the regulations and requirements of the Saudi Ministry of Health,
The goal is for the ambulance to be part of the medical care before going to the hospital,
“and it may be an emergency in this case, or the patient is going to a scheduled medical appointment,”
Alternatively, to complete the medical care that the patient received in the hospital “after a certain operation or after completion.” From his scheduled medical appointment”, meaning the ambulance itself is a vehicle dedicated to providing medical care services before or after the hospital, and the extent of the ambulance’s preparation reflects its ability to provide the level of medical care,
Therefore, the more the ambulance is fully equipped with medical equipment and devices, the greater the chance for the patient to obtain complete medical care, as if from the hospital.
The importance of the ambulance lies in the fact that it is a medically equipped and multi-use vehicle. It is possible to transport the disabled clinically, patients with injuries and accidents, people of determination, and anyone who cannot sit in a typical car or whose condition may deteriorate due to his lack of the essential advantage of an ambulance, a foldable bed.
And this central feature of the ambulance is that it is a medically equipped place, and the patient can lie down wholly and naturally and with the most significant degree of comfort,
With the diversity of companies and brands producing the ambulance bed, but they all share the same size as the ambulance bed, taking into account the nature of the place and use of this bed, it must be comfortable for the patient and made of light and solid materials and provide space to move inside the ambulance after placing it.
It is worth noting that the bed is often on the left side of the ambulance cabin, just beside the medical equipment and devices on the left side. As for the right side of the ambulance cabin, there is often a seating area for the medical team or escorts and, under it, a storage space.
It is possible to enter the ambulance cabin in two ways, the main door, which is the one through which the folding bed enters, or the side door, which is used by the medical team or escorts to enter the ambulance,
Also, some first aid kits have a door separating the cockpit from the emergency cabin.
As for air conditioning, all first aid cabins are equipped with an air system separated from the driving bays, whether the air conditioning system or the air filtration system, to ensure that both the patient and the medical team or the driver are in an air circuit separated from the other, which increases the chance of safety and the non-transmission of respiratory diseases. between them,
Finally,
The ambulance has always been of societal importance. It is an essential part of the medical care journey that the patient receives. It has its sanctity, as it is always in a state of complete readiness, whether to provide transportation with emergency care or transportation with non-emergency care.