noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
air ambulance
ambulance chaser
an ambulance crew
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The woman had to be rescued from her car by an ambulance crew.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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air
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Now he has two air ambulances - a twin-engined plane and a helicopter.
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Deborah Green, 28, a passenger, was taken to the hospital by air ambulance , suffering from back injuries.
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An air ambulance service looks set to be scrapped tomorrow.
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Where necessary, the use of a specially equipped air ambulance will be provided.
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Outside, a small but determined lobby of supporters, including the first accident victim to be saved by the air ambulance .
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They also keep their aircraft busy with training, rental, business charters, air ambulance flights, aerial photography and so on.
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We genuinely believe there is a place for an air ambulance in those crucial incidents where an air ambulance could be vital.
chaser
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The bloodhounds and ambulance chasers poured in after that.
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We were the greedy ambulance chasers representing rancorous clients who clogged the court dockets.
crew
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But only two million out of the 20 million journeys which ambulance crews carry out each year are emergency calls.
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They also give advanced life-support training to ambulance crews .
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The action taken in London had an immediate affect elsewhere as ambulance crews began to protest at the Government's intervention.
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An ambulance crew has confirmed that he would have died within seconds if the right action hadn't been taken.
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A pregnant woman had to be rescued from her car by ambulance crews on the A48 in Gloucestershire.
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Andrew Culf Three ambulance crews from Fulham dealt with emergencies yesterday after the 999 calls were put through to them.
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Poisoning An ambulance crew tried to resuscitate him before taking him to Arrowe Park Hospital where he died soon afterwards.
dispute
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They suffered in the 1989-90 ambulance dispute .
driver
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Five thousand ambulance drivers can not do their own negotiating - they need representatives to do it for them.
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The ten-week course was designed to teach female ambulance drivers serving abroad how to repair their own vehicles in the field.
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In the field, women proved themselves capable ambulance drivers , and many drove trucks bringing up supplies to the troops.
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She went to San Diego for an internship, where she met an ambulance driver named Jerry Tonelli.
man
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The ambulance men were very worried because whatever he had been stabbed with may have gone through to his lung.
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The ambulance men arrived and immediately poured ice cold water over the burns.
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He was pushy about it, and the ambulance man and woman felt it was easier that way.
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The ambulance man adjusts the flow of oxygen into the mask.
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They stood aside to let the ambulance men pass with their burden.
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Than when the ambulance men arrived they also tried to revive it.
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You'd never be able to look the ambulance men in the face, would you?
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It came to a sharp stop outside Mrs Hassock's door and the ambulance men came briskly in.
officer
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It is the responsibility of the regional ambulance officer to deliver that standard to all the people living in his district.
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It is for the chief ambulance officer of each area ambulance service to decide how best to match those standards.
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Firemen had to lift up the bus before ambulance officers could try to rescue her, but she died at the scene.
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About 3,500 ambulance officers and control room staff joined the crews' ban on overtime last week.
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Deborah Ford told ambulance officers she saw the shark take her husband, John.
service
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An ambulance service spokesman blamed the icy driving conditions.
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An ambulance service volunteered its equipment to transport a severely crippled man home for weekends.
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The troops will join the police, who were reluctantly involved yesterday after the London ambulance service said it could not cope.
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His ambulance service has taken off in a big way.
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It is for the chief ambulance officer of each area ambulance service to decide how best to match those standards.
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This is often more comfortable for the patient and relieves the ambulance service .
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This video has been put together by Oxfordshire ambulance service to warn young drivers of the dangers of getting behind the wheel.
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He says that the case for re-starting Newent's night time ambulance service has been proved, albeit with tragic consequences.
staff
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Surrey ambulance staff have always been justifiably proud of their quality of delivery to the community.
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Dextrose has been successfully used by trained ambulance staff , as has glucagon with or without a glucose drink.
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Mr Cook also repeated demands for arbitration to settle the ambulance staff pay dispute.
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Throughout the dispute, unpaid ambulance staff suspended for their action remained at their posts in order to provide emergency cover.
station
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The warning followed incidents in London and the West Midlands where lines to ambulance stations were disconnected.
worker
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He was seventy-eight and it took four ambulance workers and Jack to finally get him in the ambulance.
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The ramshackle Whitley Council negotiating machinery is the other reason why the ambulance workers have lost out.
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Firefighters cut the man free as ambulance workers saved him from drowning after the accident in Teesdale.
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Yesterday, she again said that 9 out of 10 of the journeys carried out by ambulance workers were concerned with non-emergency work.
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Widespread sympathy for the ambulance workers was reflected in the flow of public contributions of financial support.
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arrive
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The apparently aggressive Musa, tenderly tries to keep him conscious until the ambulance arrives .
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An ambulance had already arrived , however, and there was nothing they could do.
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David is concerned at the length of time he says it took for an ambulance to arrive .
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Currently, ambulances must arrive within 10 minutes.
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Easy Rider was like an ambulance arriving to perform an emergency resuscitation on his ego.
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Weaver's body was photographed, and taken away in the second ambulance to arrive on the scene.
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Witnesses say Mr Murphy was given no medical attention for half an hour while police waited for an ambulance to arrive .
call
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They called an ambulance when Clare became unconscious and her lips turned blue, but by then it was too late.
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The next morning I wanted to call the hangover ambulance and go to the hangover hospital.
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He was found unconscious on the pavement by a dustman, who called for an ambulance .
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As he collapsed, his supervisor called fo r an ambulance .
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We called the police and ambulance but it was a long time before the police arrived.
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They called an ambulance and he was helped into it.
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She would need to call an ambulance straight away.
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The 86-year-old had to call an ambulance when her carer failed to turn up.
drive
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Pop used to go off some evenings to drive an ambulance , and then Christmas 1942 - when Rangoon was badly bombed.
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When he'd first been taken poorly, Baby had been driven in an ambulance from one hospital to another.
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She was still working in the wool shop by day and driving an ambulance at night.
need
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I couldn't convince them at the other end that I needed an ambulance because I was outside the hospital.
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But it's a stretcher we need , an ambulance , sort of.
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Then he casually mentions he needs about 40 ambulances .
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Something which caused a problem when Mr Pritchard needed an ambulance .
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But the first time I conducted it I needed an ambulance to take me home!
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She would need to call an ambulance straight away.
provide
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A draft scheme to provide a comprehensive ambulance service for the whole of Bedfordshire was approved.
send
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There was a 25-minute delay in sending one ambulance but the patient subsequently arrived at hospital safely.
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They ultimately sent 15 ambulances to the auditorium, at Grand Avenue and Washington Boulevard.
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She used a car phone ... but not to send for an ambulance or police.
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She had sent him in an ambulance to Crosshouse Hospital.
take
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He collapsed and became unconscious, so he was taken by ambulance to hospital, where he was admitted as an emergency.
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The boy sustained a fractured left arm and was taken by ambulance to San Jose Medical Center.
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The pretty presenter was taken by ambulance to London's Charing Cross Hospital at 6 am with terrible stomach pains.
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Almeida tumbled to the turf and was taken away by ambulance .
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He was seventy-eight and it took four ambulance workers and Jack to finally get him in the ambulance.
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Three others in the Cadillac were airlifted or taken by ambulance to hospitals; the extent of their injuries was not available.
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He was taken by ambulance to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, where his condition was described as satisfactory.
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The bodies were taken away in an ambulance .
wait
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That morning seemed endless as we waited for an ambulance to transport the most urgent cases to the hospital.
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She was waiting for an ambulance to take her to St Thomas' Hospital.
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After that, I sit on our front step and wait for the ambulance .
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I waited for the ambulance to arrive.
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As he waited for the ambulance , the injured man bravely signed autographs for the children.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Charity trailed after the crowd out to the ambulance .
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Even the firemen and ambulance personnel, when they are called in to help, come under attack.
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He was seventy-eight and it took four ambulance workers and Jack to finally get him in the ambulance.
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His order organized the first military ambulance task force.
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I rode up to the ambulance and looked in.
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She went to San Diego for an internship, where she met an ambulance driver named Jerry Tonelli.
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The ambulance men arrived and immediately poured ice cold water over the burns.
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The action taken in London had an immediate affect elsewhere as ambulance crews began to protest at the Government's intervention.