ASTM F2020-02a(2009)
(Practice)Standard Practice for Design, Construction, and Procurement of Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Ambulances (Withdrawn 2018)
Standard Practice for Design, Construction, and Procurement of Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Ambulances (Withdrawn 2018)
ABSTRACT
This practice covers certified, tested, commercial type, EMSS ambulances built on chassis that are suitable for the intended application and meet the requirements herein, it also covers the design, construction, and procurement of emergency medical services systems ambulances. Types: type I-conventional truck, cab-chassis with modular ambulance body, type I-AD (additional duty-with increased GVWR, storage, and payload capacity)-A or B or neonatal, critical patient transport, or A or B with rescue and fire suppression package, type II-standard van, integral cab-body ambulance, type III-cutaway van, cab-chassis with integral or containerized modular body ambulance, and type III-AD (additional duty-with increased GVWR, storage, and payload capacity) A or B or neonatal, critical patient transport, or A or B with rescue, or fire suppression package, or both. Performance test, vehicle weight test, road test, water spray test, and oxygen system test shall be performed to meet the requirements prescribed.
SCOPE
1.1 This practice covers certified, tested, commercial type, EMSS ambulances built on chassis that are suitable for the intended application and meet the requirements herein. The ambulances are front or rear wheel driven (4x2) or four wheel driven (4x4) and warranted as specified in Section 9.
1.1.1 Definition of Ambulance—An ambulance is a vehicle for emergency medical care which provides: a driver's compartment; a patient compartment to accommodate an emergency medical technician (EMT)/paramedic and two litter patients (one patient located on the primary cot and a secondary patient on a folding litter located on the squad bench) so positioned that the primary patient can be given intensive life-support during transit; equipment and supplies for emergency care at the scene as well as during transport; two-way radio communication; and, when necessary, equipment for light rescue/extrication procedures. The ambulance shall be designed and constructed to afford safety, comfort, and avoid aggravation of the patient's injury or illness.
1.1.2 This practice may be used to procure an ambulance and the applicable additional systems and equipment.
1.1.3 Purchasers should follow the ordering data in 9.2 to aid them with the preparation of their procurement specification, requisition, and contract. The purpose of this practice is to describe minimum requirements for design, construction, performance, equipment, testing, and appearance of EMSS ambulances that are authorized to display the “Star of Life” symbol so as to provide a practical degree of standardization. The reasons for such standardization are to provide ambulances that are easily detected, nationally recognizable, properly constructed, easily maintained, and, when appropriately equipped, will enable Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) to safely and reliably perform their functions as basic and advanced prehospital life support providers as set forth in national EMSS standard training guidelines. These functions include:
1.1.3.1 Responding to, providing appropriate basic or advanced life support, on-site, to persons reported experiencing acute injury or illness in a pre-hospital setting, and transporting them, while continuing such life support care, to an appropriate medical facility for definitive care.
1.1.3.2 Providing interhospital critical transport care.
1.1.3.3 Transporting essential personnel and equipment to and from the site of a multiple medical emergency or a triage site and transporting appropriately triaged patients to designated medical facilities.
1.1.3.4 Other functions deemed appropriate by EMSS ambulance service managers and approved by designated EMSS medical directors.
1.2 “Star of Life” Certification—Ambulance manufacturer/contractor shall furnish the purchaser(s) citing this practice an authenticated certification and label (see 6.19) that certifies a “Star of Life” ambulance and equipment complying with this pra...
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Designation: F2020 − 02a (Reapproved 2009)
Standard Practice for
Design, Construction, and Procurement of Emergency
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Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Ambulances
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2020; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 1.1.3.1 Responding to, providing appropriate basic or ad-
vanced life support, on-site, to persons reported experiencing
1.1 This practice covers certified, tested, commercial type,
acuteinjuryorillnessinapre-hospitalsetting,andtransporting
EMSS ambulances built on chassis that are suitable for the
them,whilecontinuingsuchlifesupportcare,toanappropriate
intended application and meet the requirements herein. The
medical facility for definitive care.
ambulances are front or rear wheel driven (4x2) or four wheel
1.1.3.2 Providing interhospital critical transport care.
driven (4x4) and warranted as specified in Section 9.
1.1.1 Definition of Ambulance—An ambulance is a vehicle 1.1.3.3 Transporting essential personnel and equipment to
for emergency medical care which provides: a driver’s com- and from the site of a multiple medical emergency or a triage
partment; a patient compartment to accommodate an emer- site and transporting appropriately triaged patients to desig-
gency medical technician (EMT)/paramedic and two litter nated medical facilities.
patients (one patient located on the primary cot and a second-
1.1.3.4 Other functions deemed appropriate by EMSS am-
ary patient on a folding litter located on the squad bench) so
bulance service managers and approved by designated EMSS
positioned that the primary patient can be given intensive
medical directors.
life-support during transit; equipment and supplies for emer-
1.2 “Star of Life” Certification—Ambulance manufacturer/
gency care at the scene as well as during transport; two-way
contractor shall furnish the purchaser(s) citing this practice an
radio communication; and, when necessary, equipment for
authenticated certification and label (see 6.19) that certifies a
light rescue/extrication procedures. The ambulance shall be
“Star of Life” ambulance and equipment complying with this
designed and constructed to afford safety, comfort, and avoid
practice and applicable amendments (if any) in effect on the
aggravation of the patient’s injury or illness.
date of manufacture (see 7.3).Ambulance vehicles so certified
1.1.2 This practice may be used to procure an ambulance
may display the registered “Star of Life” symbol, as defined by
and the applicable additional systems and equipment.
the U.S. Department ofTransportation (DOT) and the National
1.1.3 Purchasers should follow the ordering data in 9.2 to
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), see Fig. 1.
aid them with the preparation of their procurement
specification, requisition, and contract. The purpose of this
1.3 Classification—“Star of Life” ambulance designs in-
practice is to describe minimum requirements for design,
cluded in this practice may be described in terms of their body
construction, performance, equipment, testing, and appearance
type (I, II, or III), class of drive (“1” for two rear wheel drive
ofEMSSambulancesthatareauthorizedtodisplaythe“Starof
or “2” for four wheel drive), and floor configuration (A for
Life” symbol so as to provide a practical degree of standard-
Advanced Life Support or B for Basic Life Support). Such
ization. The reasons for such standardization are to provide
descriptions may be used to define a variety of ambulance
ambulances that are easily detected, nationally recognizable,
designs which are eligible for certification as “Star of Life”
properly constructed, easily maintained, and, when appropri-
ambulances. (To specify, see 9.2.2 and 9.2.3).
ately equipped, will enable Emergency Medical Technicians
NOTE 1—For optional advanced life support (ALS) applications, users
(EMTs) to safely and reliably perform their functions as basic
should consider specifying a modular (Type I or III) ambulance. Modular
and advanced prehospital life support providers as set forth in
ambulances provide additional space and compartmentation for cardiac
national EMSS standard training guidelines. These functions
monitors, drug cases, and so forth. The basic life support (BLS) configu-
include: ration is standard on all types.
1.3.1 Type I—Conventional truck, cab-chassis with modular
1 ambulance body (see Fig. 2).
This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F30 on Emergency
Medical Services and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F30.01 on EMS
Class Configuration
Equipment.
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