ambulance

am·bu·lance (am′byə ləns, -byo̵̅o̅-)

noun

Obsolete a mobile field hospital
a specially equipped automobile or other vehicle for carrying the sick or wounded

Etymology: Fr < (hôpital) ambulant < prp. of L ambulare: see amble

hospital wagon, mobile hospital, Red Cross truck, rescue squad, field wagon, hospital plane, sick transport, meat wagon*.

Converse of object

summon: A further feature of the case was that the parents did not immediately summon an ambulance.
call: Should he rescue her, call an ambulance or walk on by?
equip: It's a bit like the old health promotion adage about having a beautifully equipped ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.
wait: He was arrested and was led to a waiting ambulance soon after.
await: He carries her to the infirmary to await an ambulance to take her for an X-ray.

Converse of subject

evacuate: The diver was evacuated by air ambulance to Aberdeen.

Adjective modifier

paramedic: Some of this equipment is the same as that used in paramedic ambulances, some has been produced specifically for mountain rescue.

Preposition: on

standby: They did, and he did â with an ambulance on standby.

Modifies a noun

crew: At the scene, ambulance crews treated four patients in total.
paramedic: Safety of patients traveling to the ERI by ambulance Paramedics can stabilize patient on the way to hospital.
chaser: Don't bother with these ambulance chasers, just ask for a claim form from the bus company.
siren: Seven Ambulance ( 1990 ) A clinically white room with smoothly finished walls is filled with the noise of an ambulance siren.
technician: The recent advert for an ambulance technician or paramedic has drawn some local applicants who were to be interviewed.
trust: First, can she justify the matrix system used by the ambulance trust?

Noun used with modifier

air: The cost of being carried back to England in an air ambulance from the US West Coast is around £ 40,000!
front-line: Airwave also makes it possible to deliver a wide range of highly resilient and secure data services to front-line ambulances.
emergency: Will I be covered for emergency air ambulance back home?
frontline: Ambulance staff on move Teesside's frontline ambulance staff are set for a new £ 500,000 home.
helicopter: This midlands based charity provides three helicopter ambulances giving emergency cover over 11 counties.
NHS: The airport based air ambulance is on call during daylight hours 365 days a year to support the regular NHS ambulance service.

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