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New Ambulance Design for the Third World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

John C. Lane ,
Roger D. White ,
Luis C. Toledo ,
Alfio J. Tincani ,
Massami Katayama ,
Kentaro Takaoka ,
Harald U. Gessner ,
Alberto J. Stasiukynas ,
Nicola Frigeri  and
Marcos A. Bertazzi
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John C. Lane
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
Roger D. White
Affiliation:
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Luis C. Toledo
Affiliation:
Centro Medico de Campinas
Alfio J. Tincani
Affiliation:
Centro Medico de Campinas
Massami Katayama
Affiliation:
Centro Medico de Campinas
Kentaro Takaoka
Affiliation:
Manufacturers
Harald U. Gessner
Affiliation:
Manufacturers
Alberto J. Stasiukynas
Affiliation:
Karman-Ghia and Volkswagen of Brazil.
Nicola Frigeri
Affiliation:
Karman-Ghia and Volkswagen of Brazil.
Marcos A. Bertazzi
Affiliation:
Karman-Ghia and Volkswagen of Brazil.
Ruediger von Reininghaus
Affiliation:
Karman-Ghia and Volkswagen of Brazil.
Georg Grudzinski
Affiliation:
Karman-Ghia and Volkswagen of Brazil.
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Important modifications in ambulance design were suggested and introduced by Safar in 1965 and in 1971. However, most of these modifications have not reached the developing countries. The present “ambulance” in these countries are low ceiling and carry no equipment or trained personnel. They could be better defined as “taxis for horizontal transportation.” Recently, we have been able to introduce onto the market of these countries, a new ambulance that is competitive in price and adapted to the availability of materials, equipment, and personnel.

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Research Article
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 3 , Issue 1: Contributions from the Third World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Rome, Italy, May, 1983 , 1987 , pp. 74 - 76
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1987

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