Trouble is never a stranger to show its ugly head around in a crowd of people...and what does one do when there is trouble in shallow waters and no 'sea-cops' or immediate aid to the rescue...?
As easy as it may sound...just Dial-A-Boat Ambulance !
A Boat Ambulance is exactly just that...a combination of a Boat and an Ambulance...like the kind that runs in our busy city with its sirens during an emergency but with a hull in the front and a motor behind gliding fast through the waters.
VENICE BOAT AMBULANCE
Venice, where gondolas replace vehicles, has its own Venice Boat Ambulance Service or the Venezia Emergenza.
These are equipped with advanced life support equipment, such as automated respirator, monitor-defibrillator, drugs, etcetera.
The boat crew is made of an emergency care nurse, two emergency medical care technicians first level with the heavy duty of bringing patients on and off board and a boat ambulance driver. In the most critical calls, classified as code red, an emergency physician gets on board too.
Non emergency patient transport boat ambulances are equipped with basic life support equipment and crewed by two or more volunteers (Mestre Green Cross) or private company personnel (Blue Cross).
All boat ambulances are equipped with blue flashing lights and siren, two way radio and radar. Emergency boat ambulances are noticeable by the emergency medical phone number 118 printed on each side.
It would be a good proposition that all coastal cities have a similar Boat Ambulance to aid emergencies on a more quicker count. These smaller boats have the capability of reaching Ground Zero quicker and also take care in a more specialised way thanks to its equipment.
