We don't care if a ambulance looks cozy, it's there to get us to the hospital quickly and without causing extra damage. The top comment highlights a lot of what is actually needed

Modular. So “you only take kit you need for the emergency you are responding to” issues I could see with this 1. surely this would increase response times 2. Ambulances are often not at their station and are going from job to job to job 3. What if they get flagged down or witness a RTC (Road Traffic Collision) where they need equipment, but don’t have it because they had just been to a different job and took kit that is not relevant to the RTC. They wouldn’t have the kit to help

Amazing video with great explanation

Australian ambulances are already pretty well laid out. Enough cupboards to keep a crew stocked for a 12 hour shift, with the exception of some consumables which can be restocked at hospital from a dedicated ambulance supply room. I think our work stations are pretty well designed for how we work. The current UK ambulances seem to have some poorly utilized space near the treating officers' seat.

Exciting news - would love to see the whole presentation on the final product.

I don't plan to be in the ambulance but one thing that was important to me was accurate blood pressures. Traveling down the freeway hitting every pothole can be frustrating. And also having a knob for AC. In the back of the box there are 3 settings 1 loud cold air 2 loud air and loud hot air. Other than that 360 pt care doesnt sound half bad. We Yankees have mods.

as an ex first aider with the SJA, i like it, and its bout time they modernised the ambulance throughout the uk not just in london

Why did they need to buy an ambulance from Australia? Dosent the london ambulance service have a couple broke down rigs they could have cannibalized?

Interesting to see so many comments from those whose job this is. It would be nice to have some responses from the presenter, as everyone might learn something.

He says they got an old Australian ambulance to "butcher up"? It was a body from what is called a "bariatric" ambulance, for overweight large patients. They do get used for emergency work , however this is not the standard Australian Mercedes ambulance. The regular Australian ambulances are a lower profile, and are preferred over the larger ones, as they handle better, have less body roll, and more comfortable for crews and patients.

Placing the stretcher in the middle like that looks like it causes more problems than it fixes. Way to little room to move around and it looks like it would be a pain reaching that far over the patient for the gear. If it was a larger ambulance like the huge trucks they have in the US it would work, but not with small ambulances. IMO.

So intimidating! I’m so scared

Ever looked in an Europe/German Ambulance? This system works very good i would say

Frazer Ambulance, Houston, TX.

If you are equipping the ambulance in a basic life support role you have less equipment you need to carry then if you're in the advanced life-support role. In my area about an hour drive North of Washington DC. Our ambulances are paramedic staffed and center mounted cots. They also have the additional duty of being equipped to carry firefighting gear with self-contained breathing apparatus. This requires a heavier chassis. In our area waiting for a paramedic to upgrade an ambulance is time prohibitive better to have them all ready staffing the plus eliminates a Chase car

That’s not the inside of a current London ambulance…. 🙄

C.Miesen already had this haha. Just buy vehichles there.

I wished I'd bought that oz ambo food £430.😂 I'd have gonevto £455😂😂😂

Just use American box rigs. Lol

This is just horrible. These ambulances might look like kitchens but trust me they are the best environment for the patient and are amazing for treatment. Leave them the way they are. And dont make them into this bullshit

This a joke !!! By placing stretcher in the middle under assumption that 360 degree access is always required is laughabl. In doing so when a sitting patient needs to transfer to a hospital chair there is no space.. They have omitted to include the fact that modular packs are ineffective as jobs are changeable en route, technology breaks, h+s with leads on floors, that filite stock of items is stupid as you may use more than several stock items on one patient dependent on condition. MANS A JOKE

I am quiet disappointed with this, the presenter makes a number of statements that he then suggests are included in the finished design, A significant number of incidents attended by ambulances are to patients, who are unable to communicate, through various reasons, coupled with not having ID and another person with them who can identify them, or even tourists, non uk nationals etc so having immediate access to a persons medical records is irrelevant. The London Ambulance Service has in the region of 500, emergency Ambulances, it is not practical for them to keep returning to a base between calls to collect different ''case'' pods. If you were going to reduce the visible pods, then a carousel type unit set between the cab and the treatment area would be more practical.. The principal error with the current Ambulances is the chassis length, to short by a metre, some are single wheel rear axle, and the weight of the VW engine when they get chosen is heavier than the Merc so it reduces the payload. The treatment area pod, needs to be a 'demount' unit, so when you loose the chassis cab, for whatever reason you don't loose the whole Ambulance.. Hope you are still at the planning stage and non have been commissioned. I have just retired after fourteen years as a Public Governor with an NHS ft, and would not have supported the purchase of these units.