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Ambulances: from history to the present
https://doi.org/10.33667/2078-5631-2024-23-37-43
Abstract
This literature review is devoted to the emergence and development of ambulances. The stage of the emergence and phased modernization of sanitary transport is considered separately. Foreign historical experience is widely represented. The main material of the article concerns the problems of ergonomics and safety of emergency medical vehicles (EMS), while modern recommendations are carefully considered. Close attention is paid to the issues of standardization in the field of designing transport for the transportation of patients. The authors conclude that currently there are a number of requests for changes in ambulances, namely: intensification of the process of providing emergency medical care and the need for it when moving sanitary transport; fixation of the patient and employee during work to ensure safety; requirements for ergonomics of space; free access from the workplace to the zones comfortable conditions of the transportation process for the patient and labor for the medical worker, and others. It is concluded that it is necessary to create a scheme for the innovative interior of a Russian ambulance as an autonomous medical and diagnostic complex, with its inclusion in regulatory documents of the federal level.
Supporting agencies: The research was supported by a grant from the Government of Moscow (Agreement № 0203 1/22 dated 29/04/2022).
About the Authors
N. F. Plavunov
Ambulance and Medical Emergency Care Station n. a. A. S. Puchkov; Russian University of Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Plavunov Nikolay F., DM Sci (habil.), professor, chief physician, head of Emergency Medical Care Dept of the Faculty of Medicine, chief specialist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for Emergency Medical Care in the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation, chief specialist for Emergency Medical Care of the Moscow Department of Health
Moscow
V. S. Filimonov
Ambulance and Medical Emergency Care Station n. a. A. S. Puchkov; Russian University of Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Filimonov Vladimir S., deputy chief physician for Medicine, assistant at Dept of Emergency Medical Care
Moscow
M. I. Klyukin
Ambulance and Medical Emergency Care Station n. a. A. S. Puchkov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Klyukin Mikhail I., anesthesiologist-resuscitator of the Specialized Mobile Team of Emergency Medical Care of Anesthesiology-Resuscitation of the Anesthesiology and Resuscitation Group
Moscow
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Plavunov N.F., Filimonov V.S., Klyukin M.I. Ambulances: from history to the present. Medical alphabet. 2024;(23):37-43. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.33667/2078-5631-2024-23-37-43
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