Medical glossary
- Ambulance — Special medical vehicle equipped for patient transport, with qualified personnel and equipment per European standards.…
- Private ambulance — Ambulance service operated by an authorized private company, for a fee, for scheduled or urgent patient transport — discharges, transfers, d…
- Unassisted transport — Ambulance transport of a stable patient who needs no medical care en route — only supervision and safe handling (discharges, appointments, r…
- Assisted transport — Ambulance transport where the patient is supervised by an emergency medical crew, with monitoring, oxygen and treatment possible en route.…
- Inter-hospital transfer — Moving a patient from one medical unit to another by ambulance, coordinated between the two units, with direct handover to medical staff.…
- Non-ambulatory patient — Patient unable to walk independently, requiring stretcher, chair or ambulance transport.…
- Medical repatriation — Transport of an ill or injured patient from abroad back to their home country, by ambulance or plane, with medical documentation and hospita…
- Medical escort — Accompanying a patient during transport (road or air, including commercial flights) by a doctor or nurse.…
- Air ambulance — Aircraft dedicated to medical transport, equipped like an ambulance, used for long distances or critical cases unable to travel by road.…
- Stretcher — Device used to transport patients lying down — the ambulance's main stretcher, scoop stretcher for lifting, or transport chair for stairs.…
- B1 / B2 crew — Ambulance crew typology per EU rules: B1 (nurse + driver), B2 (doctor + nurse + driver), used for assisted transport.…
- Type A1 / A2 ambulance — Ambulances for unassisted transport of stable patients: A1 for a single patient, A2 for one or more patients on stretcher/chair.…
- Dialysis — Artificial blood filtration for patients with kidney failure, usually 2-3 times weekly — a frequent reason for scheduled medical transport.…
- Bucharest km 0 — Bucharest's official reference point (St. George Square), used for distance calculations — including Ilfov transport fares (within 20 km of …
- Oxygen therapy — Administration of medical oxygen to a patient — on board the ambulance during transport, for patients with respiratory insufficiency.…