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003			SA-PMU
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008			131217s2012 ncua b 001 0 eng
040			_aFX8 _beng _cFX8 _dYDXCP _dMEAUC _dOCLCF _dIHI
020			_a9780786473014
020			_a0786473010
035			_a(OCoLC)865514135
050	0	0	_aRA995 _b.B45 2012
082	0	4	_a362.18/8 _222
100	1		_aBell, Ryan Corbett, _d1967-
245	1	4	_aThe ambulance : _ba history / _cRyan Corbett Bell.
264		1	_aJefferson, N.C. : _bMcFarland & Co., _c[2012]
264		4	_c©2009
300			_avii, 382 pages : _billustrations ; _c27 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"This book reviews 800 years of ambulance development, looking not only at the vehicles themselves, but also telling the stories of the men and women who served on them and who created the medical systems in which they operated"--Provided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 371-378) and index.
505	0		_aPrelude to the ambulance -- Debut of the ambulance -- The modern ambulance appears -- Developments during the Civil War -- "Let us no longer add murder to maiming" : the civilian ambulance in America -- Badge and bandages: police surgeons and patrol ambulances -- The ambulance surgeons -- First aides : early ambulance attendants and emergency hospitals -- From horses to horsepower -- Siren call : the lure of speed -- Specialty squads and disaster cars -- The 1950s : losing the battle -- The 1960s : changing tactics -- An incomplete revolution : 1970 to 2000 -- The ambulance in the 21st century.
650		0	_aAmbulances _xHistory.
650		0	_aAmbulance service _xHistory.
650		0	_aEmergency medical technicians _xHistory.
650		7	_aAmbulance service. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00806788
650		7	_aAmbulances. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00806807
650		7	_aEmergency medical technicians. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00908603
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
938			_aYBP Library Services _bYANK _n9338793
942			_cBOOK
994			_aZ0 _bSUPMU
948			_hNO HOLDINGS IN SUPMU - 14 OTHER HOLDINGS
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999			_c414 _d414