Ambulance: Racing For Life (DVD), A&E, 2005
Whether on hand-carried litters in battle or in ultramodern EMS rigs, countless millions of traumatized patients have lived because of swift transport to medical facilities. This excellent DVD presents a sweeping history of the all-important lifesaving ambulance.
In RACING FOR LIFE trace the remarkable story of the ambulance - the "chariot of life" - from the battlefields of Napoleon's campaigns to the war zones of today's inner city streets. The ambulance owes its existence to the need to remove injured soldiers from the battlefield and get them to safety. See how the technology of evacuation has evolved from hand-carts to helicopters, and get an up-close look at the amazing array of life-saving devices carried by a modern EMS crew.
No-one wants to ride in one, but we're all glad ambulances are there. Learn all about them in this fascinating DVD from THE HISTORY CHANNEL®.
50 Min., fully narrated, DVD only, ISBN: 0-7670-9244-9, DA4966 / $24.95
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