Full Description
The essential resource for professional ambulance drivers, now in its fourth edition, has been fully updated and restructured to align seamlessly with Emergency Response Ambulance Driving qualifications. Whether you're starting out on your journey as an ambulance driver or you're already an experienced emergency responder, this handbook will provide you with a safe basis for your driving practice and a better understanding of how you can minimise risk to ambulance drivers, passengers and other road users.
Key features include:
Brand new content on ambulance vehicles and local traffic regulations
Legal exemptions and an overview of relevant legislation
Fully up-to-date with current guidance
Learning outcomes aligning to emergency ambulance driver courses
Knowledge recap questions for each chapter so you can test your knowledge
Full colour illustrations throughout
Legal exemptions are clearly outlined along with a list of relevant legislation, so you can feel more confident in your decisions on the road. A new chapter on ambulance vehicles and their characteristics is also included.
By mastering the principles in this book, ambulance drivers can ensure their actions meet the highest standards of safety, professionalism, and compliance, even under the pressures of urgent and emergency response.
Contents
Introduction
1. The Law
2. Driver Characteristics and Responsibilities
3. Vehicle Daily Inspections and Pre-Driving Checks
4. Reversing and Manoeuvring
5. Fuel Efficient Driving
6. Ambulance Vehicles and Characteristics
7. Automatic Gearboxes
8. Vehicle Operating and Safety Systems
9. Navigation
10. Legal Exemptions
11. Audible and Visual Warnings
12. Lighting Regulations
13. Re prioritisation of Calls
14. Attending Incidents
15. Smart Motorways
16. Driving Commentary
Appendices
1. Patient Transport and Unmarked Vehicles Attending Incidents on the Road Network (Including Fast roads)
2. Traffic Officers
3. Speed and Safety
4. Vehicle Fires
5. Goals for Driver Education
Glossary
References
Legislation
