Most English words come from Latin.The word “ambulance” is no exception.The Latin word "ambulare" means walking or moving.
In the cold weapon era before the 15th century, both medical conditions and awareness of medical care were extremely limited. After each battle, most of the injured and dying people were left with despair, many of which were not treated in time. And cause infection, excessive blood loss and death.
Such a problem was finally taken seriously by the Spanish army at the Battle of Granada in 1487. This was the first time that the "ambulance" appeared in the long river of history. The quotation marks are added because the ambulance at the time was only a human-powered trolley, but even so, the speed at which the wounded were sent to the battlefield treatment point was greatly improved.
In this way, the trolley "ambulance" has been in use until about 1830, but with the gradual application of hot weapons, the speed of weapon advancement is once again greater than that of medical transportation, and the familiar "sense of despair" has struck again. This time, a new type of ambulance was born in France. At that time, Napoleon ordered the horse-drawn ambulance to be loaded with various ambulances and supplies, and the horse-drawn ambulance took shape. In the Crimean War in 1854, the term "AMBULANCE" also officially appeared. As it mentioned in the beginning of the article. It was derived from the Latin "Ambulare" and translated as a mobile hospital.
In fact, not long after Karl Benz succeeded in inventing the car in 1886, France once again walked in the forefront of the world ambulance industry, refitting the world’s first real ambulance, only because the car was At that time, the popularity was still relatively limited. Until the 20th century, horse-drawn ambulances were still the main force in ambulances.
As time passed by the First World War, the number of wounded people soared, and demand can promote the development of the industry, so steam engines, electric and gasoline engines have been put into the practical range of ambulances. In addition, due to the restrictions of the terrain, even bicycles, motorcycles, medical trains and other temporary "ambulance" roles have appeared. This method has been used until the Second World War. In view of the increasing variety and horsepower, the equipment on the ambulance began to gradually complete.
Not only for military use, at the same time, civilian ambulances are also developing rapidly. In 1899, the first electric ambulance donated by a Chicago businessman was officially put into use at Michael Rees Hospital; in 1905, Canadian Captain John sold the first gasoline The ambulance was named Palliser. Four years later, the first gasoline-powered ambulance in the United States was born. It came from James Cunningham, a former tank manufacturer, and was equipped with a 4-cylinder engine and 32Ps.
However, this standard was affected by the war and the recovery period after the war. The ambulance industry has been stagnant. It was not until about 1970 that the modern ambulance gradually developed, from a simple means of transportation to a mobile. High-tech medical unit, equipped with GPS, ventilator, oxygen supply system, electrocardiograph, defibrillator, ventilation and sterilization system, etc., is very rich and comprehensive "mobile hospital".
It can be seen that after more than five hundred years, the ambulance has faltered along the way, but fortunately it is still moving forward and still firm.
