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The Ambulance Driving Handbook

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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 youre starting out on your journey as an ambulance driver or youre 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.

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

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References
Legislation

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