MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AMBULANCE DESIGN

THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE GENERAL DESIGN OF AMBULANCES FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF HEATING, LIGHTING, NOISE LEVEL, VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION AND PROGRESS THROUGH TRAFFIC, AND VEHICLE MOTIONS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON PATIENTS' CONDITIONS. ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE NEED FOR EXTENSIVE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF PRUPOSE-BUILT AMBULANCE DESIGN WITH A VIEW TO INCREASING THE COMFORT AND CHANGE OF SURVIVAL OF THE PATIENTS CARRIED. /TRRL/

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• Authors:
  • SNOOK, R
• Publication Date: 1972-9-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 574-8
• Serial:
  • BMJ
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 5826
  • Publisher: British Medical Association
  • ISSN: 0959-8138
  • Serial URL: http://www.bmj.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Comfort; Disasters and emergency operations; Emergency vehicles; Hazards and emergency operations; Highway safety; Injuries; Noise; Traffic delays; Vehicle design; Vehicular phase
• Old TRIS Terms: Emergency traffic control devices
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222395
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1974 12:00AM