Ambulance bus

An ambulance bus is a mass casualty, mass evacuation, mass decontamination, or mass quarantine vehicle for transporting large numbers of patients from a mass casualty incident. A typical ambulance bus transports 20 to 24 patients on stretchers.

Ambulance buses are used as mass evacuation vehicles, to transport large numbers of stretchered patients [http://www.sartinservices.com/MAB.html] .

Quarantine and isolation buses

Some ambulance buses have a sealed bulkhead that separates the driver compartment from the patient compartment. The equivalent functionality of the ambulance buses may also be built into "trucks, tractor-trailers, trains, subway cars, railroad cars or airplanes [http://www.sartinservices.com/press.asp?id=5] ". These mass evacuation buses are well suited to being used for quarantine and containment [http://www.sartinservices.com/main_images/Sartin4.wmv] .

Ambulance bus manufacturers and external links

*First Line Technology - AmbuBus - Bus Stretcher Conversion Kit - The AmbuBus converts any transport vehicle (i.e. school bus, transit bus) into a mass-casualty ambulance. [http://www.firstlinetech.com/site/index.jsp?section_id=dpr&product=ambubus AmbuBus]
* [http://www.sartinservices.com Sartin Services] ;
* Sartin Services, Inc. a High Point NC company designed and built the first MAB Medical Ambulance/Evacuation Buses for the National Capitol Region of Washington DC. Sartin Services built (7) seven ALS MAB buses that are currently in service in counties around and in Washington DC. Each MAB bus can treat or transport as many as (24) twenty four stretchered patients each with an individual metered oxygen supply. Many specialized ALS options are installed on the buses. Several other cities and states have units on order including Minneapolis, MN and Charlotte NC. The buses were designed to provide caregivers and emergency responding personnel the tools they needed to treat and evacuate large numbers of patients. The buses will be vital in evacuating hospitals and nursing homes that are in the path of a hurricane. www.sartinservices.com
* [http://www.nevinternational.com/products.asp NEV Interntional]
* [http://www.crestlinecoach.com/ Crestline Coach Limited] of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan uses various bus chassis including Eldorado National and EZ Rider