Medical glossary
- Ambulance — A vehicle designed for moving patients, fitted with medical equipment that meets European standards and staffed by qualified personnel.…
- Private ambulance — Ambulance transport provided for a fee by an authorized private operator — covering both scheduled trips and urgent requests: discharges, tr…
- Unassisted transport — An ambulance trip for a patient in stable condition, with no medical care given on the way — the crew provides only supervision and safe han…
- Assisted transport — An ambulance trip during which an emergency medical crew watches over the patient the whole way — with monitoring, oxygen and the option to …
- Inter-hospital transfer — The ambulance relocation of a patient from one healthcare facility to another, arranged in coordination with both facilities and completed w…
- Non-ambulatory patient — A person unable to move around on their own, who needs a stretcher, transport chair or ambulance for any journey.…
- Medical repatriation — Bringing home, by ambulance or by plane, a patient who fell ill or was injured abroad — a process involving complete medical documentation a…
- Medical escort — The presence of a doctor or nurse alongside a patient throughout a journey — by road or by air, including on board scheduled commercial flig…
- Air ambulance — An aircraft configured exclusively for medical missions, with equipment similar to an ambulance, used when the distance is very long or the …
- Stretcher — Equipment for moving patients in a lying position: the ambulance's fixed stretcher, the scoop stretcher for lifting from the ground, or the …
- B1 / B2 crew — European classification of ambulance crews for assisted transport: B1 means a nurse plus a driver, while B2 adds a doctor on board.…
- Type A1 / A2 ambulance — Ambulance categories for the unassisted transport of stable patients: the A1 model carries a single patient, while A2 accommodates one or mo…
- Dialysis — A method of artificially cleansing the blood of patients with kidney failure, in sessions typically repeated 2-3 times a week — one of the m…
- Bucharest km 0 — The official landmark from which distances in Bucharest are measured (St. George Square) — Ilfov transport pricing also depends on it, with …
- Oxygen therapy — Supplying medical oxygen to the patient right on board the ambulance, for the entire duration of the trip — essential for people with respir…