Ambulance
Definition
A specially equipped vehicle designed for the rapid transport, first aid administration, and monitoring of injured or severely ill patients to a hospital unit. In an institutional sense, it represents the public or private pre-hospital emergency service operated by specialized medical crews (doctors, nurses, paramedics) equipped for resuscitation and life support.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Ambulance
- Emergency vehicle
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun, with regular structural plural and genitive case variations. |
| Formation | Modern borrowing from French (ambulance), structurally adapted according to Romanian phonetic rules. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [am.bu.ˈlan.t͡sə] |
| Source | International Medical Lexicon and Healthcare System Standards |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: O ambulanță SMURD a sosit la locul accidentului rutier în mai puțin de șapte minute.
EN: A SMURD ambulance arrived at the scene of the traffic accident in less than seven minutes.
RO: Șoferii au obligația legală de a elibera banda de circulație când o ambulanță are semnalele acustice pornite.
EN: Drivers have the legal obligation to clear the traffic lane when an ambulance has its sirens turned on.
RO: Spitalul județean a achiziționat o ambulanță modernă dotată cu aparatură de ultimă generație.
EN: The county hospital purchased a modern ambulance equipped with state-of-the-art medical devices.
Idioms & Phrases
Serviciul de ambulanță / Ambulance service
RO: Structură medicală responsabilă de gestionarea apelurilor de urgență și trimiterea echipajelor la cazuri.
EN: Medical framework responsible for managing emergency calls and dispatching crews to cases.
Ambulanță de reanimare / Intensive care ambulance
RO: Autosanitară de tip C complet utilată pentru terapie intensivă, deservită obligatoriu de un medic specialist.
EN: A type-C ambulance fully equipped for intensive care, mandatorily staffed by a specialist doctor.
Chemarea ambulanței / Calling an ambulance
RO: Acțiune critică efectuată prin numărul unic 112 pentru a solicita asistență medicală de urgență.
EN: Critical action performed via the unique emergency number 112 to request urgent medical assistance.
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