Health / B1

AMB-y-uh-l-uh-ns/ˈæmbjələns/

An ambulance takes sick or injured people to hospital. Call an ambulance; by ambulance; ambulance crew / service. A hospital car or taxi is not the same; a helicopter ambulance is used in remote areas. In the UK you dial 999 for an ambulance. Paramedics often travel with the vehicle. Do not use ambulance for a police car or a fire engine — those are other emergency vehicles.

Meaning

A vehicle that takes sick or injured people to hospital.

Examples

• “They called an ambulance after the accident.”
• “The ambulance crew arrived within eight minutes.”
• “She was taken to hospital by ambulance after the fall.”

Good to know

call an ambulance. by ambulance. ambulance crew / service. UK emergency number: 999. Not police / fire vehicles.

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