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This type includes ambulance transport of patients by any mode of transport, including airplanes. Ambulance vehicles carry paramedics / medical doctors and are usually equipped with lifesaving equipment.

This type also includes:

  • specialised transport of patients, accompanied by paramedics
  • primary care given by a paramedic or a doctor during the patient’s transport by ambulance

This type excludes:

  • transport of patients, in vehicles without paramedical practitioners and equipment for lifesaving, see divisions 49, 50
  • transport of patients, in airplanes without paramedical practitioners and equipment for lifesaving, see division 51
  • transport of blood and body organs/fluids, see 869909