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An ambulance is a vehicle designated for transporting people to or from a place of treatment for an illness or injury. An ambulance may travel from the site of an accident or injury to a hospital, from a hospital to a patient's home, or between two points of treatment.
The term ambulance is most commonly associated with the emergency vehicles seen throughout the world administering emergency care to those with acute illnesses or injuries, hereafter known as emergency ambulances. These are usually fitted with flashing warning lights and sirens in order to facilitiate their movement through heavy traffic.
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