The ambulance : a history / Ryan Corbett Bell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell, Ryan Corbett, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ambulances--History.

Ambulances.

Ambulance service--History.

Ambulance service.

Emergency medical technicians--History.

Emergency medical technicians.

Ambulances--history.

Emergency Medical Services--history.

Emergency Medical Technicians--history.

History.

Medical Subjects:

Ambulances--history.

Emergency Medical Services--history.

Emergency Medical Technicians--history.

Physical Description:

vii, 382 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2008.

Summary:

"This book reviews 800 years of ambulance development, looking not only at the vehicles themselves, but also telling the stories of the men and women who served on them and who created the medical systems in which they operated"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prelude to the ambulance

Debut of the ambulance

The modern ambulance appears

Developments during the Civil War

"Let us no longer add murder to maiming" : the civilian ambulance in America

Badge and bandages: police surgeons and patrol ambulances

The ambulance surgeons

First aides : early ambulance attendants and emergency hospitals

From horses to horsepower

Siren call : the lure of speed

Specialty squads and disaster cars

The 1950s : losing the battle

The 1960s : changing tactics

An incomplete revolution : 1970 to 2000

The ambulance in the 21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786438112

0786438118

OCLC:

220330831