Independent variables in our model included respondent's age, sex, education level, prior experience with ambulances, knowledge of local ambulance services, knowledge of appropriate ambulance functions, and knowledge of the local emergency access number, all of which were assessed as part of the survey.
38 39 The frequency of ambulance use is low; in addition to poor availability, in most cases, ambulances function only as a taxi, as very few have either trained attendants or necessary equipment.
Familiarising people with how the ambulance service functions could encourage them to have more reasonable expectations and, perhaps, to make more appropriate use of emergency services.
At least 60 per cent of Syria's hospitals have been destroyed or damaged and less than a third of public ambulances still function.
The staff said that ambulances were functioning in accordance with the plan until about 6 00 am, when an alleged call from the Ministry of Interior ordered all but two ambulances to head back to the SMC.
Depending on their function, ambulances can be classified into either non-patient care ones (that can only take a patient on a stretcher) or patient care ones (that can take qualified medical personnel on board).
(Alexei Cherepanov, a 19-year-old top draft pick of the New York Rangers, died of acute heart failure, on the bench, during a game, in an arena that didn't have an ambulance or even a functioning defibrillator, for example).
Moreover, the ambulance is not currently functioning'.
Only three hospitals had a functioning designated ambulance.
In some cases, ambulances may fulfil more than one function (such as combining emergency ambulance care with patient transport).
The district has one or two functioning ambulances, but since money for fuel is short, they are rarely used.
