Ambulance-to-ER System
During the Civil War soldiers were getting
severely injured, and they were just lying there expecting to die. So they
decided to come up with a way to collect wounded soldiers and rush them to the
nearest emergency room or tent. They built wagons and grabbed their horses to
try and help the wounded and save their lives. There was a risk of the driver
crashing or getting hit by the enemy, so it was a risk operation.
This is the early form of Ambulances that we use today. The ambulances used were carriages or wagons with either one or two horses (shown in the picture above). The wagons would have enough room for about two to four people. The emergency rooms or tents were very filthy and full of wounded soldiers. The time from the battlefield to the tent was about five to fifteen minutes depending on where the soldier was and where the tent was.
Today, you know that ambulances are there to help people that are not necessarily in war, but rather anyone in need. The ambulances skip traffic laws, turn on lights and sounds, and will not stop till they reach you and help you get to the ER. That all cannot be possible without the start of the Ambulance-to-ER system that was used in the Civil War.
This is the early form of Ambulances that we use today. The ambulances used were carriages or wagons with either one or two horses (shown in the picture above). The wagons would have enough room for about two to four people. The emergency rooms or tents were very filthy and full of wounded soldiers. The time from the battlefield to the tent was about five to fifteen minutes depending on where the soldier was and where the tent was.
Today, you know that ambulances are there to help people that are not necessarily in war, but rather anyone in need. The ambulances skip traffic laws, turn on lights and sounds, and will not stop till they reach you and help you get to the ER. That all cannot be possible without the start of the Ambulance-to-ER system that was used in the Civil War.