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The history of the ambulance begins in ancient times, with the use of carts to transport patients. Ambulances were first used for emergency transport in 1487 by the Spanish forces during the siege of Málaga by the Catholic monarchs against the Emirate of Granada, [1] and civilian variants were put into operation in the 1830s.
The Ambulance Service as we know of it today has evolved since 1948 when the government of the day decided that a service should be provided free to all patients in need.
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History. The National Health Service Act 1946 gave county (and county borough) councils in England and Wales a statutory responsibility to provide an emergency ambulance service, although they could contract a voluntary ambulance service to provide this. In 1977/78 ambulance services in the UK cost about £138m.
College of Ambulance opened in Newcastle-upon-Tyne as teaching of first-aid develops through the first-world war. War-time ambulances released for civilian use and national ambulance service planned. Register of national ambulance stations printed and circulated.
The first UK ‘paramedic’ came about in 1971 where under the work of Dr Chamberlain, a group of ambulance workers were trained with additional skills, knowledge, and equipment to deal with patients presenting with cardiac complaints.
May 5, 2012 · The dominant philosophy in the 1960s, still echoed in the media today, is that the ambulance service exists to serve the needs of the seriously ill and injured and to transport patients to local hospitals, a concept that can be traced to a much earlier period of pre-hospital care.
In 1965 we only used ambulances to treat and transport people. In 2015 we us ambulances, cars, motorcycles and bikes and can also dispatch a helicopter. On 1 April 1965, nine ambulance services merged to create London Ambulance Service.
