ambulanceam‧bu‧lance /ˈæmbjələns/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable] 
a special vehicle that is used to take people who are ill or injured to hospital: 
the ambulance serviceambulance staff/crew/worker The ambulance crew removed him from the wreckage. the ambulance driverby ambulance Mike had to be taken by ambulance to hospital. Do you think we need to call an ambulance (=phone to ask an ambulance to come)?
WORD ORIGINambulance
Origin:
1800-1900 French ‘place near a battle where wounds are treated’, from ambulant ‘walking’, from Latin ambulare; ➔ AMBLEEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Charity trailed after the crowd out to the ambulance.
- Even the firemen and ambulance personnel, when they are called in to help, come under attack.
- He was seventy-eight and it took four ambulance workers and Jack to finally get him in the ambulance.
- His order organized the first military ambulance task force.
- I rode up to the ambulance and looked in.
- She went to San Diego for an internship, where she met an ambulance driver named Jerry Tonelli.
- The ambulance men arrived and immediately poured ice cold water over the burns.
- The action taken in London had an immediate affect elsewhere as ambulance crews began to protest at the Government's intervention.
WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The ambulance crew removed him from the wreckage. the ambulance driver Do you think we need to call an ambulance (=phone to ask an ambulance to come)?COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
The ambulance crew removed him from the wreckage. the ambulance driver Do you think we need to call an ambulance (=phone to ask an ambulance to come)?· The woman had to be rescued from her car by an ambulance crew.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Now he has two air ambulances - a twin-engined plane and a helicopter.· Deborah Green, 28, a passenger, was taken to the hospital by air ambulance, suffering from back injuries.· An air ambulance service looks set to be scrapped tomorrow.· Where necessary, the use of a specially equipped air ambulance will be provided.· Outside, a small but determined lobby of supporters, including the first accident victim to be saved by the air ambulance.· They also keep their aircraft busy with training, rental, business charters, air ambulance flights, aerial photography and so on.· We genuinely believe there is a place for an air ambulance in those crucial incidents where an air ambulance could be vital.
· The bloodhounds and ambulance chasers poured in after that.· We were the greedy ambulance chasers representing rancorous clients who clogged the court dockets.
· But only two million out of the 20 million journeys which ambulance crews carry out each year are emergency calls.· They also give advanced life-support training to ambulance crews.· The action taken in London had an immediate affect elsewhere as ambulance crews began to protest at the Government's intervention.· An ambulance crew has confirmed that he would have died within seconds if the right action hadn't been taken.· A pregnant woman had to be rescued from her car by ambulance crews on the A48 in Gloucestershire.· Andrew Culf Three ambulance crews from Fulham dealt with emergencies yesterday after the 999 calls were put through to them.· Poisoning An ambulance crew tried to resuscitate him before taking him to Arrowe Park Hospital where he died soon afterwards.
· They suffered in the 1989-90 ambulance dispute.
· Five thousand ambulance drivers can not do their own negotiating - they need representatives to do it for them.· The ten-week course was designed to teach female ambulance drivers serving abroad how to repair their own vehicles in the field.· In the field, women proved themselves capable ambulance drivers, and many drove trucks bringing up supplies to the troops.· She went to San Diego for an internship, where she met an ambulance driver named Jerry Tonelli.
· The ambulance men were very worried because whatever he had been stabbed with may have gone through to his lung.· The ambulance men arrived and immediately poured ice cold water over the burns.· He was pushy about it, and the ambulance man and woman felt it was easier that way.· The ambulance man adjusts the flow of oxygen into the mask.· They stood aside to let the ambulance men pass with their burden.· Than when the ambulance men arrived they also tried to revive it.· You'd never be able to look the ambulance men in the face, would you?· It came to a sharp stop outside Mrs Hassock's door and the ambulance men came briskly in.
· It is the responsibility of the regional ambulance officer to deliver that standard to all the people living in his district.· It is for the chief ambulance officer of each area ambulance service to decide how best to match those standards.· Firemen had to lift up the bus before ambulance officers could try to rescue her, but she died at the scene.· About 3,500 ambulance officers and control room staff joined the crews' ban on overtime last week.· Deborah Ford told ambulance officers she saw the shark take her husband, John.
· An ambulance service spokesman blamed the icy driving conditions.· An ambulance service volunteered its equipment to transport a severely crippled man home for weekends.· The troops will join the police, who were reluctantly involved yesterday after the London ambulance service said it could not cope.· His ambulance service has taken off in a big way.· It is for the chief ambulance officer of each area ambulance service to decide how best to match those standards.· This is often more comfortable for the patient and relieves the ambulance service.· This video has been put together by Oxfordshire ambulance service to warn young drivers of the dangers of getting behind the wheel.· He says that the case for re-starting Newent's night time ambulance service has been proved, albeit with tragic consequences.
· Surrey ambulance staff have always been justifiably proud of their quality of delivery to the community.· Dextrose has been successfully used by trained ambulance staff, as has glucagon with or without a glucose drink.· Mr Cook also repeated demands for arbitration to settle the ambulance staff pay dispute.· Throughout the dispute, unpaid ambulance staff suspended for their action remained at their posts in order to provide emergency cover.
· The warning followed incidents in London and the West Midlands where lines to ambulance stations were disconnected.
· He was seventy-eight and it took four ambulance workers and Jack to finally get him in the ambulance.· The ramshackle Whitley Council negotiating machinery is the other reason why the ambulance workers have lost out.· Firefighters cut the man free as ambulance workers saved him from drowning after the accident in Teesdale.· Yesterday, she again said that 9 out of 10 of the journeys carried out by ambulance workers were concerned with non-emergency work.· Widespread sympathy for the ambulance workers was reflected in the flow of public contributions of financial support.
VERB· The apparently aggressive Musa, tenderly tries to keep him conscious until the ambulance arrives.· An ambulance had already arrived, however, and there was nothing they could do.· David is concerned at the length of time he says it took for an ambulance to arrive.· Currently, ambulances must arrive within 10 minutes.· Easy Rider was like an ambulance arriving to perform an emergency resuscitation on his ego.· Weaver's body was photographed, and taken away in the second ambulance to arrive on the scene.· Witnesses say Mr Murphy was given no medical attention for half an hour while police waited for an ambulance to arrive.
· They called an ambulance when Clare became unconscious and her lips turned blue, but by then it was too late.· The next morning I wanted to call the hangover ambulance and go to the hangover hospital.· He was found unconscious on the pavement by a dustman, who called for an ambulance.· As he collapsed, his supervisor called fo r an ambulance.· We called the police and ambulance but it was a long time before the police arrived.· They called an ambulance and he was helped into it.· She would need to call an ambulance straight away.· The 86-year-old had to call an ambulance when her carer failed to turn up.
· Pop used to go off some evenings to drive an ambulance, and then Christmas 1942 - when Rangoon was badly bombed.· When he'd first been taken poorly, Baby had been driven in an ambulance from one hospital to another.· She was still working in the wool shop by day and driving an ambulance at night.
· I couldn't convince them at the other end that I needed an ambulance because I was outside the hospital.· But it's a stretcher we need, an ambulance, sort of.· Then he casually mentions he needs about 40 ambulances.· Something which caused a problem when Mr Pritchard needed an ambulance.· But the first time I conducted it I needed an ambulance to take me home!· She would need to call an ambulance straight away.
· A draft scheme to provide a comprehensive ambulance service for the whole of Bedfordshire was approved.
· There was a 25-minute delay in sending one ambulance but the patient subsequently arrived at hospital safely.· They ultimately sent 15 ambulances to the auditorium, at Grand Avenue and Washington Boulevard.· She used a car phone ... but not to send for an ambulance or police.· She had sent him in an ambulance to Crosshouse Hospital.
· He collapsed and became unconscious, so he was taken by ambulance to hospital, where he was admitted as an emergency.· The boy sustained a fractured left arm and was taken by ambulance to San Jose Medical Center.· The pretty presenter was taken by ambulance to London's Charing Cross Hospital at 6 am with terrible stomach pains.· Almeida tumbled to the turf and was taken away by ambulance.· He was seventy-eight and it took four ambulance workers and Jack to finally get him in the ambulance.· Three others in the Cadillac were airlifted or taken by ambulance to hospitals; the extent of their injuries was not available.· He was taken by ambulance to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, where his condition was described as satisfactory.· The bodies were taken away in an ambulance.
· That morning seemed endless as we waited for an ambulance to transport the most urgent cases to the hospital.· She was waiting for an ambulance to take her to St Thomas' Hospital.· After that, I sit on our front step and wait for the ambulance.· I waited for the ambulance to arrive.· As he waited for the ambulance, the injured man bravely signed autographs for the children.
a special vehicle that is used to take people who are ill or injured to hospital: the ambulance serviceambulance staff/crew/worker The ambulance crew removed him from the wreckage. the ambulance driverby ambulance Mike had to be taken by ambulance to hospital. Do you think we need to call an ambulance (=phone to ask an ambulance to come)?