ambulance crews

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ambulance
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæm.bjə.ləns/us
/ˈæm.bjə.ləns/
a special vehicle used to take sick or injured people ...
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crew
noun
uk
/kruː/us
/kruː/
a group of people who work together, especially all those who work on and operate a ship, ...
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(Definition ofambulanceandcrewfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Memory problems and language difficulties render them at risk, should they ever have to call for police or ambulance crews.
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The impression created - that one may be wasting the time of ambulance crews or general practitioners - may be related to a tendency of the media to portray professionals as inaccessible.
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Anything that can be done to shorten the time that ambulance crews are involved in that procedure would be welcomed.
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The primary function of these circuits is the mobilisation of ambulance crews by providing direct contact between the control room and ambulance stations.
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They are vulnerable and frail people who need the services that the ambulance crews should properly and rightly provide.
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All ambulance crews are under stress all the time.
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These are based on the ambulance crews' weekly earnings as opposed to the average gross weekly earnings.
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Putting aside the present ambulance dispute, another worrying aspect is the wide range and variety of policies adopted by ambulance crews.
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It is the wish of ambulance crews throughout the country to do just that.
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However, by the same token, it defies common sense to tell ambulance crews that they are not an emergency service.
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We have endorsed the training of emergency ambulance crews in advanced techniques, which includes the use of defibrillators.
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We must recognise the great variation in the kind of calls that ambulance crews receive in a day.
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The ambulance crews are very good, but they are having a difficult time because of the organisation that exists for the picking up of patients.
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There is no absolute requirement for ambulance crews to hand over patient records personally to a member of hospital staff.
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I have also heard graphic descriptions of ambulance crews caring for patients because no one else is available to do so.
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The ambulance crews do not have it; the firemen do not have it; civil servants do not have it.
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That might not sound like much of a problem, but it means that ambulance crews can no longer help each other out.
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Instead, it proposed that between 8 am and 12 midnight emergency ambulance cover would be provided by outstationed ambulance crews allocated to the area.
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