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Ambulance
May 14th, 2015
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You may not know it, but the ambulance is probably older than you! Ok, man is older than the ambulance since he had to first get sick, so he could invent the ambulance, no? The history of the ambulance is a long one and begins in ancient times when patients were transported on carts. Maybe they would go to see medics if there were such (people) those days. I believe that if we look closely, we will see that the ambulance must have originated in Egypt, or China, or even Greece. After all, these were the first places in history where something akin to the modern medicine was first practiced. The word “ambulance” comes from the Latin word “ambulare” which means to “move” in reference to the practice of carrying patients in ancient times. By 1487, the ambulance was being used by the Spanish for emergency transport of patients. The ambulance as we know it today developed as a result of warfare just like many other advances in medical care. The ambulance acted as a hospital on wheels which moved with the army collecting and treating injured soldiers. In the 11th century during the crusades, Arab and Greek soldiers taught the knights of St John how to administer first aid and emergency treatment to soldiers on the battle field. The soldiers were then carried to nearby tents for further treatment. The knights of St John were formed with the sole purpose of providing care to the poor people who became injured or sick while on the pilgrimage to the holy land. Although ambulances use started in 1487, it was not until the 1830s that the ambulances were adopted for civilian. As technology advanced in the 19th and 20th century, the modern ambulances we know today developed. In ancient times, those with psychiatric problems and other incurable diseases like leprosy were forcibly transported for treatment. The method of transportation then was a hammock cart. In 1487, the Spanish army used ambulances for emergency treatment of soldiers after a war. In 1793, a four wheeled horse-drawn wagon was used by Napoleons army to transport injured soldiers from the active battlefield. There you have it. This is just a tip of the iceberg about the history of the ambulance. From a buggy cart pulled by an unwilling donkey to the modern “emergency room on wheels”, you can see it has been quite a metamorphosis. Can you Drive the ambulance and treat the patient? Image courtesy of: http://safeinacrowd.blogspot.com/ |
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