Editing Ambulance (section)

===Safety===
[[File:Crash Testing an Ambulance.webm|thumb|A video on ambulance crash testing]]
Ambulances, like other [[emergency vehicles]], are required{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} to operate in most weather conditions, including those during which civilian drivers often elect to stay off the road. Also, the ambulance crew's responsibilities to their patient often preclude their use of safety devices such as [[seat belt]]s. Research has shown that ambulances are more likely to be involved in [[Car accident|motor vehicle collisions]] resulting in injury or death than either [[fire truck]]s or [[police car]]s. Unrestrained occupants, particularly those riding in the patient-care compartment, are particularly vulnerable.<ref name="pmid12971929">{{cite journal |vauthors=Becker LR, Zaloshnja E, Levick N, Li G, Miller TR |title=Relative risk of injury and death in ambulances and other emergency vehicles |journal=Accid Anal Prev |volume=35 |issue=6 |pages=941–948 |date=November 2003 |pmid=12971929 |doi=10.1016/S0001-4575(02)00102-1}}</ref> When compared to civilian vehicles of similar size, one study found that on a per-accident basis, ambulance collisions tend to involve more people, and result in more injuries.<ref name="pmid16263674">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ray AF, Kupas DF |s2cid=22922599 |title=Comparison of crashes involving ambulances with those of similar-sized vehicles |journal=Prehosp Emerg Care |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=412–415 |date=October–December 2005 |pmid=16263674 |doi=10.1080/10903120500253813}}</ref> An 11-year retrospective study concluded in 2001 found that although most fatal ambulance crashes in the United States occurred during emergency runs, they typically occurred on improved, straight, dry roads, during clear weather.<ref name="pmid11446540">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kahn CA, Pirrallo RG, Kuhn EM |s2cid=24097668 |title=Characteristics of fatal ambulance crashes in the United States: an 11-year retrospective analysis |journal=Prehosp Emerg Care |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=261–269 |date=July 2001 |pmid=11446540|doi=10.1080/10903120190939751}}</ref> Furthermore, paramedics are also at risk in ambulances while helping patients, as 27 paramedics died during ambulance trips in the US between 1991 and 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dexigner.com/news/7262|title=New Ambulance Design Protects Paramedics|access-date=17 October 2009|publisher=WESH News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114043358/http://www.dexigner.com/news/7262|archive-date=14 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>