noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ air , field , land
▪
He had to be flown by air ~ to a Las Vegas hospital.
▪ emergency ( esp. BrE )
▪ waiting
▪
I was put straight into a waiting ~ and rushed to the hospital.
VERB + AMBULANCE
▪ call (for) , get , phone (for) ( esp. BrE ), ring (for) ( BrE ), telephone (for) ( BrE )
▪
Quick, call an ~!
▪ send
▪
An ~ was sent to the scene of the accident.
▪ load sb into ( esp. AmE ), put sb in , put sb into
▪
He was put into an ~ and taken away.
▪ drive
AMBULANCE + VERB
▪ be on its way
▪
Don't worry—the ~ is on its way.
▪ arrive , come
▪
When the ~ came, I carried her out to it.
AMBULANCE + NOUN
▪ service ( esp. BrE )
▪ crew , personnel ( BrE ), staff ( BrE )
▪ driver
▪ man , paramedic , technician , worker (all BrE )
▪ chief , spokesman (both BrE )
▪ station ( BrE )
▪ trust ( BrE )
▪
the region's three ~ trusts
▪ chaser ( figurative , esp. AmE )
▪
Her attorney is nothing more then an ~ chaser.
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~
▪
She was rushed to hospital by ~.
▪
Eloise was taken by ~ to St Mary's Hospital.
▪ in an/the ~
▪
He went in the ~ with Louise.