title: Ambulance services: could the UK learn from the French?
abstract: Ambulance services, as part of Accident and Emergency provision, are once again under scrutiny. This article reflects on a recent visit to a SAMU (Service d'Aide Medicale Urgente) unit in France, and considers those issues that could be explored in terms of effective UK provision. Recommendations will be proposed for future provision.
authors.affiliation: University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Banks
mesh_terms: D000552:Ambulances / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D005544:Forecasting; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015397:Program Evaluation; D006113:United Kingdom