Ambulance
noun
A vehicle equipped for taking sick or injured people to and from the hospital.
When he broke his leg, they called an ambulance to take him to hospital.
Often appears as...
- call an ambulance
- ambulance service
noun
A vehicle equipped for taking sick or injured people to and from the hospital.
When he broke his leg, they called an ambulance to take him to hospital.
Often appears as...
- call an ambulance
- ambulance service
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Pro Tip 1/3Emergency Only
An ambulance should be called exclusively for medical emergencies, not for non-urgent transportation.
Don't call an ambulance for a minor injury; they're for critical conditions.
Pro Tip 2/3Immediate Assistance
Ambulances are typically staffed with medical personnel who provide care on the way to the hospital.
The ambulance crew administered first aid to stabilize her condition.
Pro Tip 3/3Distinctive Sounds
Ambulances use sirens and lights to signal urgency and clear traffic, indicating a serious situation.
The ambulance's siren blared as it rushed through the busy streets.
Pro Tip 1/3Emergency Only
An ambulance should be called exclusively for medical emergencies, not for non-urgent transportation.
Don't call an ambulance for a minor injury; they're for critical conditions.
Pro Tip 2/3Immediate Assistance
Ambulances are typically staffed with medical personnel who provide care on the way to the hospital.
The ambulance crew administered first aid to stabilize her condition.
Pro Tip 3/3Distinctive Sounds
Ambulances use sirens and lights to signal urgency and clear traffic, indicating a serious situation.
The ambulance's siren blared as it rushed through the busy streets.
Pro Tip 1/3Emergency Only
An ambulance should be called exclusively for medical emergencies, not for non-urgent transportation.
Don't call an ambulance for a minor injury; they're for critical conditions.
Pro Tip 2/3Immediate Assistance
Ambulances are typically staffed with medical personnel who provide care on the way to the hospital.
The ambulance crew administered first aid to stabilize her condition.
Pro Tip 3/3Distinctive Sounds
Ambulances use sirens and lights to signal urgency and clear traffic, indicating a serious situation.
The ambulance's siren blared as it rushed through the busy streets.
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Stroke of insight - Jill...
think oh my gosh I sound like a golden retriever so I couldn't know I didn't know that I couldn't speak or understand language until I tried so he recognizes that I need help and he and he gets me help and a little while later I'm I'm riding in an ambulance from one hospital
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What a planet’s...
the planet moves around the star and the star leans back because the gravitation of the planet tucks at the star and so the plot the star moves back and forth and you can see that in the stellar light pretty much similar to when an ambulance comes and goes away from you
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Eli Beer: The fastest...
When I went to visit him two days later, he gave me a hug and was crying and thanking me for saving his life. At that moment, when I realized this is the first person I ever saved in my life after two years volunteering in an ambulance, I knew this is my life's mission.
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Brian Goldman: Doctors...
And the nurse thought about it and said very matter-of-factly, "Yeah, I think she'll do okay." I can remember that like it was yesterday. So I signed the discharge papers, and an ambulance came, paramedics came to take her home. And I went back to my work on the wards.
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How radio telescopes...
But there's a really strange problem with using visible light in order to try and explore the universe. Now take a break for a minute. Say you're standing on a corner, a busy street corner. There's cars going by. An ambulance approaches. It has a high-pitched siren.
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Shaffi Mather: A new way...
For those from the developing world, there is nothing, absolutely nothing new in this idea. But as we envisioned it, we had three key Providing world-class life support ambulance service which is fully self-sustainable from its own revenue streams,
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"It Really Wasn't the...
claw through my back and then and she left I laid there for a few more seconds and then I decided to better change locations so I got up and walked home we met the ambulance and then that was
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How to tame your...
And he said, "I want to tell you something. I know that the doctors who worked on me, they saved my heart, but mindfulness saved my life. The presence of mind I had to stop the ambulance
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Want to get great at...
and this center was one of them because coaching helped them learn to execute on the fundamentals. And you could see it here. This is a 23-year-old woman who had come in by ambulance,
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Barry Schwartz: Our loss...
After two weeks, I'm happy to report, the family was reunited. But the welfare workers and the ambulance people and the judge all said the same
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Stroke of insight - Jill...
think oh my gosh I sound like a golden retriever so I couldn't know I didn't know that I couldn't speak or understand language until I tried so he recognizes that I need help and he and he gets me help and a little while later I'm I'm riding in an ambulance from one hospital
Video examples
What a planet’s...
the planet moves around the star and the star leans back because the gravitation of the planet tucks at the star and so the plot the star moves back and forth and you can see that in the stellar light pretty much similar to when an ambulance comes and goes away from you
Video examples
Eli Beer: The fastest...
When I went to visit him two days later, he gave me a hug and was crying and thanking me for saving his life. At that moment, when I realized this is the first person I ever saved in my life after two years volunteering in an ambulance, I knew this is my life's mission.
Video examples
Brian Goldman: Doctors...
And the nurse thought about it and said very matter-of-factly, "Yeah, I think she'll do okay." I can remember that like it was yesterday. So I signed the discharge papers, and an ambulance came, paramedics came to take her home. And I went back to my work on the wards.
Video examples
How radio telescopes...
But there's a really strange problem with using visible light in order to try and explore the universe. Now take a break for a minute. Say you're standing on a corner, a busy street corner. There's cars going by. An ambulance approaches. It has a high-pitched siren.
Video examples
Shaffi Mather: A new way...
For those from the developing world, there is nothing, absolutely nothing new in this idea. But as we envisioned it, we had three key Providing world-class life support ambulance service which is fully self-sustainable from its own revenue streams,
Video examples
"It Really Wasn't the...
claw through my back and then and she left I laid there for a few more seconds and then I decided to better change locations so I got up and walked home we met the ambulance and then that was
Video examples
How to tame your...
And he said, "I want to tell you something. I know that the doctors who worked on me, they saved my heart, but mindfulness saved my life. The presence of mind I had to stop the ambulance
Video examples
Want to get great at...
and this center was one of them because coaching helped them learn to execute on the fundamentals. And you could see it here. This is a 23-year-old woman who had come in by ambulance,
Video examples
Barry Schwartz: Our loss...
After two weeks, I'm happy to report, the family was reunited. But the welfare workers and the ambulance people and the judge all said the same
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Bill Murray
American Actor
Parties are only bad when a fight breaks out, when men fight over women or vice versa. Someone takes a fall, an ambulance comes, and the police arrive. If you can avoid those things, pretty much all behaviour is acceptable.
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Petr Cech
Czechoslovakian Athlete
Now the ambulance is always ready; the paramedics are always ready. People in the crowd can get help without risk. If you look at the Fabrice Muamba case, this is what helped save his life - the paramedics are there.
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Peter Maurer
Swiss Activist
Attacks on health facilities, health workers, ambulances, is now a reality that we observe on the ground - not on a monthly but on a daily or weekly scale in most of the conflicts in which we are engaged.
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Mike Gallagher
American Critic
We simply have to reign in the piggish people and money-hungry lawyers who chase every ambulance they see and expect companies and individuals to pay for everything that goes wrong.
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John Brunner
American
The same computers that make it impossible for you to cheat on your income tax can ensure that the blood of your group is in the ambulance that picks you up from a car smash.
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James Arthur
British Musician
I was having anxiety attacks, calling ambulances out and saying I was having a heart attack, as there was something weird going on with my body and mind.
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Tony McCoy
Irish Athlete
During every race, an ambulance trails the riders around the course. You know that sometimes you are going to end up in the back of that ambulance.
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Frank Carson
Irish Comedian
I don't think my wife likes me very much, when I had a heart attack she wrote for an ambulance.
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Pippa Evans
British Comedian
I told the ambulance men the wrong blood type for my ex, so he knows what rejection feels like.
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Ina Garten
American Author
People have more fun if they don't eat so much they have to be taken home in an ambulance.
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Bill Murray
American Actor
Parties are only bad when a fight breaks out, when men fight over women or vice versa. Someone takes a fall, an ambulance comes, and the police arrive. If you can avoid those things, pretty much all behaviour is acceptable.
Quote examples
Petr Cech
Czechoslovakian Athlete
Now the ambulance is always ready; the paramedics are always ready. People in the crowd can get help without risk. If you look at the Fabrice Muamba case, this is what helped save his life - the paramedics are there.
Quote examples
Peter Maurer
Swiss Activist
Attacks on health facilities, health workers, ambulances, is now a reality that we observe on the ground - not on a monthly but on a daily or weekly scale in most of the conflicts in which we are engaged.
Quote examples
Mike Gallagher
American Critic
We simply have to reign in the piggish people and money-hungry lawyers who chase every ambulance they see and expect companies and individuals to pay for everything that goes wrong.
Quote examples
John Brunner
American
The same computers that make it impossible for you to cheat on your income tax can ensure that the blood of your group is in the ambulance that picks you up from a car smash.
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James Arthur
British Musician
I was having anxiety attacks, calling ambulances out and saying I was having a heart attack, as there was something weird going on with my body and mind.
Quote examples
Tony McCoy
Irish Athlete
During every race, an ambulance trails the riders around the course. You know that sometimes you are going to end up in the back of that ambulance.
Quote examples
Frank Carson
Irish Comedian
I don't think my wife likes me very much, when I had a heart attack she wrote for an ambulance.
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Pippa Evans
British Comedian
I told the ambulance men the wrong blood type for my ex, so he knows what rejection feels like.
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Ina Garten
American Author
People have more fun if they don't eat so much they have to be taken home in an ambulance.
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