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Overhear in the UK we have been wearing green uniforms for sometime now, the Ambulance services do have different styles but have found that with the Green & Yellow reflective safety jackets do remove them from looking like the Police & Fire services.

The type of uniform style that is used mostly here are dark or kelly coloured green combat trousers

short sleeved shirts with pockets for torches,Pens etc and epauletts with service name and grade in blue or green,some service also wear red,also a Blue or white T-shirt is worn under the shirt and top jackets in green or green & yellow with reflective words on the front & Back ie, Ambulance or Paramedic & Emergency Medical Technician.

Is anyone aware of any ambulances in the US being made with a back door that lowers kinda like a tommy lift that you can roll the cot onto, then lifts cot so it can just be pushed into the ambulance? In an EMS mag some time back saw a pic of one from England (I think) that had a door that would do this. Can't find it now to show the companys we deal with. Seems like would be a nice addition to an ambulance especially with all the obese patients. Any ideas? If any one has used something like this does it work or more trouble than help? Thanks for the input.

Searched but did not find a discussion like this. If missed it sorry.

A number of the Ambulance service trusts in the UK are now using rear taillifts, the biggest user of them is London Ambulance, The offside is a Lift and the n/s is a door

there has been a few reports of the lifts braking down but on the whole the Ambulance crews love them.

Also the other type on UK ambulances are ramps which are manually or electrically operated.

Here in the UK we have an Emergency Doctors Service called BASICS.

the scheme was set up by General Practitioners & Hospital Truma Doctors

to attened serious road traffic accidents and incidents like the recent London

bombings.

There are schemes who are based around the UK and are only called out by

the Ambulance service, Medical Doctors are allowed to have a GREEN LIGHT

on there vehicle and if there BASICS also siren/two tones etc and in some cases

also Blue lights (The HEMS team in London use them)

www.basics.org.uk