the speech speaker is quite impressing. They are outfitting ambulances in europe with radio interrupts and warnings. So your car radio will mute and plays the sound of an ambulance warning.
@@renlee9396 And it’s much safer for both the firefighters and you too! This is Japan, not the USA! This would never work in the United States, Canada, Mexico, or the MANY OTHER COUNTRIES that also use “American” sirens!
unlike ambulance in America? I experienced emergency vehicles in the USA having some of the most blaring sirens, drivers constantly honking (even on empty roads) etc
I was recently in Tokyo and I saw some ambulances. I was wondering what they were saying on the loud speaker. Now I know :) thanks for making this video and thanks for bringing back memories of Japan :)
It was my first time in Japan. Riding a push bike through Kyoto. An ambulance came behind me with sirens and the womens voice. Tripped me the fuck out. Something about Japan ive never forgotten. Its heaps cool
Japanese people are more considerate. Their sirens are loud enough to get your attention yet it seems they arent obnoxious enough to wake you up at night. I also like how their ambulances have verbal announcement so you dont get confused about where the ambulance is going. In USA where I live you have to pull over for emergency vehicles.
These ambulance sirens sound better than here in the UK, where I might even risk going deaf from hearing an ambulance siren (they leave ringing in my ears after their sirens scream down my ear).
@@Harvey142009 Serial killer and main antagonist of manga and anime called Jojo's Bizzare Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable. In the finale, he was killed by the ambulance, that ran over him.
***** We should have these types of Ambulances in America as a special Pediatrics Unit, I find the Siren and Voice command very nice and polite compared to American ones who use a freaking Train Horn
We have a ambulane in Ohrid with the same siren just a older but longer Toyota that transports you either to the hospital or Special Hospital for Orthopedics and Traumatology St. Erazmo
i just got to looking around and was wanting to verify something after watching a PSA compilation featuring the infamous "Kitchen Mother" anti stimulants psa from over in Japan, since they sampled a sound that reminded me of what a Japanese ambulance siren typically sounds like when you hear it in a movie or something like that and wanted to make sure i wasn't quoting it wrong
***** There are various kinds of sirens in Canada, too, but they do not vary by situation; it is up to the vehicle operator to decide which siren to use.
I rather like the voice synthesizer. Here in the US a lot of people can tune out the sound of a siren if they're used to it, it'd be helpful to have a VOX system to say something along the lines of "Move to the right lane, ambulance approaching," and whether or not we're trying to make a right or left turn.
I think so. I think that firecrews in my country (Netherlands) can get a message through to the public by a PA-system on board (they will have to speak for themselves), but I would be highly surprised if police and ambulance have that same system. An automated system is something I only know from Japan, but maybe something like that exists in some other countries as well. Japan is just very polite to everyone, no matter the situation. We could learn from that...
My Brudda Japanese Ambulances are my Personal Favorite Because They're quieter and they don't honk their horns like the American 1's do all they do is speak thru the Speaker to tell drivers in Our Original Japanese Language like for example "The Ambulance Is Turn Left"
Keep sentences as short and basic as possible during times when seconds count. Instead of "we are turning right. Please note" reduce it to a phrase "turning right"
The talking is lower than the siren if for some reason you can’t hear the siren and have to be told by the lower voice you’re in trouble that makes no sense at all because basically with the siren on you can’t hear the talking
Wonder if the EMTs, AEMTs, and EMT-Ps have the same scope of practice as us here in the US, and if they have the same shifts as us. Only asking because I'm thinking of going to Japan to be a paramedic over there. Might even be permitted via protocols to perform pericardialcentesis and chest tubes like the Flight Medics can do. Either that or there won't be *much* of a scope of practice.
I have even found a video once from fire crews responding in Tokyo somewhere, where they had to cut across 3 lanes of cross-traffic when taking a left turn and someone on board grabbed the mic and also said something, which got someone in the comments to ask what they were saying. I was astound to read that someone replied that they were asking for the right of way, if traffic could please stop and if they were to be apologized for the inconvenience they were causing. When they had passed in such a way that they could continue, the speaker on board thanked traffic for their patience. That's just plain cool ;)
Tatü-tata, die 救急車 ist da. I have a question.What are the small lights that light up at the bottom of the ambulance near the rear tires? Our ambulances in Kharkiv, Ukraine didnt have that. Is that lights are auxiliary turnlights or they can light up in different colours to indicate the ambulance status to the other motorists? Or act like bottom lights to illuminate the bottom of an ambulance while repairs?
Thank you for the video. Does any emergency services use Wail or Yelp sirens? Or Horn? We use a lot of sirens,but they're very loud. Greetings from Hungary.
Yelp siren is NOT recognised by law here, even though some fire brigades do use it to catch people's attention in addition to the legally recognised siren to catch people's attention. The legally recognised sirens are wail for police and fire services, and two tone for all medical-related emergency services (ambulances, doctor cars, and emergency blood delivery cars). By law, sirens must be no less than 90 db and no more than 120 db from a distance of 20 metres, but ambulances tend to go with 90 db instead of 120 db to maximise patient comfort.
I saw that police, fire and the ambulances use the speech, do they actually say them through the megaphone or is it like already installed as a trigger?
Why do Japanese ambulances drive so slowly to an emergency or to the hospital? It seems like they drive very slowly compared to North American or Western European ambulances, even when the road appears to be empty. Over here in Canada and in the US, the ambulances drive very quickly and aggressively to emergency calls where the patient is critically ill or severely injured (called a "Code 3" or a "Code 4" response, depending on the EMS service). Paramedics take their jobs very seriously and are very dedicated to saving lives and will do whatever is necessary to save a patient's life and get them to the nearest Emergency Department/Trauma Centre as quickly as possible so that the patient is more likely to survive.
+Full-Blooded Old Stock Canadian >Why do Japanese ambulances drive so slowly to an emergency or to the hospital? It seems like they drive very slowly compared to North American or Western European ambulances, even when the road appears to be empty. --Paramedic was drive slowly for brain patients. Brain patients vulnerable to vibration. >Over here in Canada and in the US, the ambulances drive very quickly and aggressively to emergency calls where the patient is critically ill or severely injured (called a "Code 3" or a "Code 4" response, depending on the EMS service). --In japan,patient critically ill,when respond "PA"work.
+救急熊消 > --Paramedic was drive slowly for brain patients. Brain patients vulnerable to vibration. To be honest, I don't agree with this. You're very correct when you say that head trauma patients are vulnerable to vibration, but I don't think that this is a very good explanation as to why Japanese ambulances drive so slowly. If anything, they should be driving quickly with patients with head trauma. Paramedics and trauma centre staff have protocols to stabilize head trauma patients so that they can be moved safely. Also, patients with brain, head or spine trauma are very critically injured and have to be brought to the hospital as quickly as possible. Every second counts. I have several friends that are paramedics and they have told me that in spine or head trauma cases, they have to stabilize the patient and get them to the hospital as quickly as possible, no matter what it takes. I'm not a doctor, a paramedic, or a nurse, but I'm an allied health professional that has worked many years in ER/Trauma Centres, and I can tell you that in major trauma cases, every second matters. When an ambulance radios the ER saying that they're inbound with a major trauma case, the trauma team quickly goes into action and prepares everything for the arrival of the patient. They even announce the estimated time until the ambulance arrives over the ER's PA system in some cases. In very severe cases, the police will escort the ambulance to the hospital. Ambulances responding to trauma calls will also sometimes have a doctor and/or an RN in the ambulance with the Paramedics. In some jurisdictions, they also have trauma doctors that respond directly to the scene. No paramedic, nurse or doctor that I know or have ever known would move slowly with a patient that has major trauma, such as head/spine trauma. I mean no offense when I say any of this, but I find it to be very odd that Japanese paramedics would move so slowly with critically ill or injured patients. You may be interested in looking at an emergency medicine theory known as "The Golden Hour". Paramedics are extremely professional front-line healthcare workers that take their jobs extremely seriously and are incredibly devoted to their jobs and to saving lives. They would never, EVER move slowly when a patient's life is on the line. To be honest, if all ambulances moved as slowly with major trauma cases as these Japanese ambulances do, there would be a lot of dead patients. I mean no offense when I say any of this, but it's just very odd that the ambulances in Japan move so slowly. I apologize for the long reply.
+Full-Blooded Old Stock Canadian First off, apologies for responding to such an ancient comment, but I'm a US Paramedic and wanted to offer some insight. If I'm on an open stretch of highway with low traffic, the fastest I'm going to go is 75mph. For legal and safety reasons. I always slow down significantly and/or stop when I approach an intersection, even if the light's green. And if I have a patient in the back, even if they're code trauma, I'm not breaking 75 mph on the highway, and I'm definitely not going to try and go as fast as possible on cramped, crowded city streets in an oblong, top-heavy vehicle prone to rollover. The way I look at it is this. I try to drive efficiently. If I wreck the ambulance en route to a call I can't help anyone anymore, and have sabotaged my own job. If I kill somebody while trying to drive too fast I've failed as a caregiver and public servant, especially if there's a patient in the back. You may have seen people pushing speed, but I can't say you're speaking for me when you talk about medics and first responders going as fast as possible and never moving slowly. High-flow diesel can be the best treatment for the patient in certain situations, but driving fast is inherently dangers, and getting them to definitive care safely is the ultimate goal. Also, something to note is that these trucks are operating in very developed, urban environments, in a country with the best life expectancy on the globe. They know what they're doing. "The Golden Hour" can be easily maintained going 45 mph and under if there's always a trauma-ready hospital no more than 15-20 minutes away. A luxury we don't have in large parts of NA outside of major cities. So while we do things differently, they definitely know what works for them.
+BJvideo Thank you for your insight! It gave me a very different perspective on things. I was being narrow-minded and a bit pissy in my old reply. It just seemed really puzzling that their ambulances seem to move slowly. All of your points were great, but the one that really stood out was about they're operating in very dense urban environments and that they know what works best for them. The Japanese are excellent when it comes to developing a sensible protocol for most anything. It may seem strange by N.American standards, but it's nonetheless sensible. Your Doom avatar was the icing on the cake btw. A paramedic that's also a Doom fan is always good in my books. Just make sure that you stock your truck with a lot of stimpacks and a few Berserk Kits (just in case you have to treat a psychotic Imp or if you have to perform CPR on a Hell Knight). You may also need a chainsaw if you have to do a chest decompression on a Demon or if your trauma shears won't cut through a Cacodemon's clothes. Having an Arch-Vile as a partner wouldn't hurt either. They're the kings of ACLS; nobody resuscitates a coding pt. as quickly as they do. Just make sure you don't make him mad. Keep a plasma rifle, or if your EMS service has them, a BFG 9000, handy just in case you get in a tiff with him. Saying IDDQD and IDKFA out loud three times works as well.
Why do the ambulances in Japan drive slowly, and how come the paramedics on board the ambulance look like surgeons or doctors, instead of having a different uniform?
Japanese ambulances drive slowly for multiple reasons, including patient comfort, onboard medical procedures, and accident avoidance. Contrarary to popular belief, the Japanese are NOT the best at giving way to ambulances, especially those riding bicycles or on foot. You'll see plenty of pedestrians and bicycles trying to rush across the street when an ambulance is coming with lights flashing and sirens blaring, thinking that they can beat the ambulance in speed. They move out of the way ONLY when there's stationary traffic due to congestion, and the ambulance is coming from front or behind. Otherwise they just ignore the ambulance. If you watch more videos of Japanese ambulances, you'll notice when an ambulance crosses a junction during red light, hardly any cars will stop. So ambulance drivers have to be careful when they go through a red light, and Western style dashing through the red light with lights & sirens will be a suicide move here in Japan. Even though Japanese people are known for their politeness and mutual consideration, there's always an exception to the rule. Giving way to ambulances is definitely one of them. Also, most Japanese ambulances belong to the fire brigades and they only have 3 EMTs onboard. In case if ALS is required, either a specialised ambulance with doctors and nurses onboard from the hospital will come, or they might dispatch a doctor to the scene or meet up with the regular ambulance halfway to provide care for the patient. Both the ALS ambulances and physician response cars are called 'doctor car' (ドクターカー) in Japan, despite being two completely different kinds of vehicles. The uniform is called 感染防止服, which stands for 'infection prevention uniform'. Japanese EMTs take a lot safety precautions, because you never know if the patient has something highly infectious, such as HIV. So it's a standard practice for Japanese EMTs to wear long-sleeved uniform regardless which season it is, unlike Western EMTs. It's also why they wear face masks even before COVID happened, and they also wear helmets for safety too.
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Lol the Japanese ambulance sirens sounds like " I'm sorry - i'm sorry - i'm sorry"
Nah, those are Canadian ambulances.
@@ThatDamnPandaKai LOL😂😂
@@ThatDamnPandaKai not really
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@@ceeeeeeeeeeeeeee違います(笑) 2000の救急車です
the speech speaker is quite impressing. They are outfitting ambulances in europe with radio interrupts and warnings. So your car radio will mute and plays the sound of an ambulance warning.
What warning? Like "Kyūkyūsha ga tōrimasu, michi o akete kudasai" combined with siren
Funny how in japan even the ambulances are polite ^-^
Yes!That is japanese "Cocoro"
Here we have Wail Q B2 yelp.
@@renlee9396 And it’s much safer for both the firefighters and you too! This is Japan, not the USA! This would never work in the United States, Canada, Mexico, or the MANY OTHER COUNTRIES that also use “American” sirens!
Can you imagine one of those autovoices being used someplace like new york city? ROFLMAO - "HEY! GET OUTTA THE WAY YOU PRICK!"
They might as well add them, they do it manually already lol
Like that in a lot of places around the world not just nyc
I like how the siren isn't blaring and frightening, also not defeaning, unlike ambulances here in america.
This siren feel so softly.
sub siren and the remot is my fav.
The point is so that it's blaring and frightening, that way you can hear it in your car, and ensures it's a distinct sound
unlike ambulance in America? I experienced emergency vehicles in the USA having some of the most blaring sirens, drivers constantly honking (even on empty roads) etc
@@EnjoyFirefighting ... that's what they said? You're proving their point.
I was recently in Tokyo and I saw some ambulances. I was wondering what they were saying on the loud speaker. Now I know :) thanks for making this video and thanks for bringing back memories of Japan :)
My favorite siren tone is the harmonic tone
oh really!? Mee to.
***** its a catchy tone
+1消防熊本 i like siren harmonic tone and resedential area mode tone
Thess Paelmao i like the residential also. The siren also sounds like its played by a flute
@@thesspaelmao5651 I mean what is that exactly? Is that like downward transposing?
It was my first time in Japan. Riding a push bike through Kyoto. An ambulance came behind me with sirens and the womens voice. Tripped me the fuck out. Something about Japan ive never forgotten. Its heaps cool
Japanese people are more considerate. Their sirens are loud enough to get your attention yet it seems they arent obnoxious enough to wake you up at night. I also like how their ambulances have verbal announcement so you dont get confused about where the ambulance is going. In USA where I live you have to pull over for emergency vehicles.
These ambulance sirens sound better than here in the UK, where I might even risk going deaf from hearing an ambulance siren (they leave ringing in my ears after their sirens scream down my ear).
London should go back to their old school high low sirens that was my favourite memory hearing the Doppler effect of the sirens
*_Evangelion Intensifies_*
Detective Conan
minky momo death
malaysia also has a similar ambulance like this! same van and almost same siren, but mostly in the federal provinces like KL. i love japan too
Kira's pure nigtmare.
DeferGuard who's Kira??
@@Harvey142009 Serial killer and main antagonist of manga and anime called Jojo's Bizzare Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable. In the finale, he was killed by the ambulance, that ran over him.
huh???
@@deferguard7748 oh I thought Death Note
Ambulance turn right
Me: noted
The weird thing is, ambulances are so cute in Japan.
This is the last sound that Kira listened before his death
Can I call this "The world's cutest ambulance"
These ambulance sirens Are so catchy! ^_^ i cant get hte SOUDN OUT OF MY HEAD o_o
I actually thought that you'd give a jojo reference 😂
Not until they turn on the old school pnaematic air raid like siren.
Ambulances are my favorite.
Thought you don't like them..
I guess TH-cam really does have everything....probably explains why this account and I have been addicted to it since 2006.
they are as slow as tortoise omg ITS A DAMN AMBULANCE JUST PEDAL TO THE METAL
Thanks for this wonderful video! Good idea for us non japanese people. Take care!
OldLordSpeedy
Thank you for watched and comments!
My English are immature:)
***** We should have these types of Ambulances in America as a special Pediatrics Unit, I find the Siren and Voice command very nice and polite compared to American ones who use a freaking Train Horn
Kiyoko504 Thank you for your comment.!
In Japan, the ambulance siren, takes an active part in the reduction of care and the burden on the residents.
+1消防熊本 in Philippines we have all this vehicles like Toyota himedic or Nissan elgrand
Justin Paelmao
Really!?
Its ambulances are japanese main ambulance.
In Maldives ADK Hospital Ambulances use the residwntial siren most of the time as the hospital is funded by Japan.
Very nice! Thank you for the video and the translation.
steve1978ger
Thank you for your comment. My translation may be mistaken.
I'm sorry.
Japanese ambulance is one of the best, since hitting you with high decibel tinkling ears.
I love the voice 😳 soooo cute and here in Germany just angry man screaming 😂😅
This is so Crazy. Like it. 👍
4:24
Yeah XD
Sounds siren like indonesia old ambulance since 1970-1990s in Jakarta, using patlite siren and motor siren (Tokyo siren).
We have a ambulane in Ohrid with the same siren just a older but longer Toyota that transports you either to the hospital or Special Hospital for Orthopedics and Traumatology St. Erazmo
Wow i like japanese ambulance 😍😍
One of the sirens sounded like the ones they used during the tsunami warnings.
i just got to looking around and was wanting to verify something after watching a PSA compilation featuring the infamous "Kitchen Mother" anti stimulants psa from over in Japan, since they sampled a sound that reminded me of what a Japanese ambulance siren typically sounds like when you hear it in a movie or something like that and wanted to make sure i wasn't quoting it wrong
Thanks! I didn't realize that they used different modes for different areas.
+infinitecanadian
Thank you for Watched and comments!
In japan,There are various kinds sirens.
*****
There are various kinds of sirens in Canada, too, but they do not vary by situation; it is up to the vehicle operator to decide which siren to use.
infinitecanadian Really?It is never heared.
In the case of Japan, situation, time, personnel, in each, the siren sound will change.
*****
The ambulance operators in Canada and the U.S.A. vary the sound mainly in intersections.
Thank you for info taught me.
Also In Japan, vary the sound mainly in intersections.
Very cool video. Thanks for posting!
Thank you for watching and comment!!
消防熊本 1 can you take video of inside the ambulance to
They’re going too slow what if I die
It’s cute, everytime they say kudasai
:48 is not just any ambulance....
It's SUPER AMBULANCE !!!
I thought yr super ambulances were the goat truck mass casualty units?
All the ambulances that go through my area uses the “motor siren” and the “patlite”
the true hero of part 4........
@0:54 "Super Ambulance"
Probably an ALS or Critical Care ambulance.
Interesting Video!
Greetings from Germany. :-)
Vielen Dank!
DerM1986 Greetings from Canada
Greetings from Osterreich :D
@@mkj54 also entweder Österreich oder Austria... musst dich schon entscheiden XD
I rather like the voice synthesizer. Here in the US a lot of people can tune out the sound of a siren if they're used to it, it'd be helpful to have a VOX system to say something along the lines of "Move to the right lane, ambulance approaching," and whether or not we're trying to make a right or left turn.
+BJvideo Voice system is using Japan only?
+1消防熊本 I don't know if it's Japan only, but we do not have it here in the US, we just have an intercom PA system where we can talk through a speaker.
I think so. I think that firecrews in my country (Netherlands) can get a message through to the public by a PA-system on board (they will have to speak for themselves), but I would be highly surprised if police and ambulance have that same system. An automated system is something I only know from Japan, but maybe something like that exists in some other countries as well. Japan is just very polite to everyone, no matter the situation. We could learn from that...
@@kyukyukumasyo 日本だけありますよ。北米もヨーロッパもないよ。
My Brudda Japanese Ambulances are my Personal Favorite Because They're quieter and they don't honk their horns like the American 1's do all they do is speak thru the Speaker to tell drivers in Our Original Japanese Language like for example "The Ambulance Is Turn Left"
The siren that I hear everyday even though I live 2717 miles away from japan
Keep sentences as short and basic as possible during times when seconds count. Instead of "we are turning right. Please note" reduce it to a phrase "turning right"
Such innovative technology!
The two tone is very cute, I don't know why :)
cute:)
There is no meaning to the two siren.
This is "Japanese COCORO".
Thanks for the information :)
The talking is lower than the siren if for some reason you can’t hear the siren and have to be told by the lower voice you’re in trouble that makes no sense at all because basically with the siren on you can’t hear the talking
I expected Hello Kitty to be painted on the sides
Some of my ambulances in Philippines sounds similar to Japan, but it’s not yelling at you
My hometown, why are you recording? haha
Wonder if the EMTs, AEMTs, and EMT-Ps have the same scope of practice as us here in the US, and if they have the same shifts as us. Only asking because I'm thinking of going to Japan to be a paramedic over there. Might even be permitted via protocols to perform pericardialcentesis and chest tubes like the Flight Medics can do. Either that or there won't be *much* of a scope of practice.
I believe they actually do it as a boarding job so it must be more sustainable if they expect you to life at the fire station
This is awesome. Japanese people are the most curteous. I´ve always wondered what the speech meant. Great!
Is a Japanese craftsman soul and mind!!
I have even found a video once from fire crews responding in Tokyo somewhere, where they had to cut across 3 lanes of cross-traffic when taking a left turn and someone on board grabbed the mic and also said something, which got someone in the comments to ask what they were saying. I was astound to read that someone replied that they were asking for the right of way, if traffic could please stop and if they were to be apologized for the inconvenience they were causing. When they had passed in such a way that they could continue, the speaker on board thanked traffic for their patience. That's just plain cool ;)
Tatü-tata, die 救急車 ist da.
I have a question.What are the small lights that light up at the bottom of the ambulance near the rear tires? Our ambulances in Kharkiv, Ukraine didnt have that.
Is that lights are auxiliary turnlights or they can light up in different colours to indicate the ambulance status to the other motorists? Or act like bottom lights to illuminate the bottom of an ambulance while repairs?
Thats so awesome!
Anime Siren
Wow funny, I've already been here - I can see because I liked the top comment
The rest of the world could Learn from the system in Japanese ambulances!
Nice video
Greetings from Canary Islands,Spain
+kwerk2
Thank you!
消防熊本 1 good video greetings from Canada
This is teaching me how to speak japanese now
This is very interesting !! Very good ! Why note in others country ??
Thanks you very much for this video !!!
Thak you very much!
>Why note in others country?
Re:Sorry,I don't know.
Who the ambulance go so slow?
That is not speech synthesis; it is a recorded voice.
Sounds like the 2 tones that are sometimes used by the NYPD
Bellissime le sirene della abulnza del Giappone
Thank you for the video. Does any emergency services use Wail or Yelp sirens? Or Horn?
We use a lot of sirens,but they're very loud.
Greetings from Hungary.
genkiazable If you watched the full video, you would know the answers on your own questions.
Yelp siren is NOT recognised by law here, even though some fire brigades do use it to catch people's attention in addition to the legally recognised siren to catch people's attention. The legally recognised sirens are wail for police and fire services, and two tone for all medical-related emergency services (ambulances, doctor cars, and emergency blood delivery cars). By law, sirens must be no less than 90 db and no more than 120 db from a distance of 20 metres, but ambulances tend to go with 90 db instead of 120 db to maximise patient comfort.
I love this
Why do they go so slow even with a completely clear road?
While watching the condition of the patient, it is because they try to optimum speed.
in germany ambulances are so fast
Why are there Toyota himedics mostly used I see them in most videos
Nice siren and van!
What is the difference between a super ambulance and a normal ambulance?
Maybe the same as between HiAce and HiMedic.
A super ambulance is a mobile hospital while a normal ambulance is a normal ambulance
@@BlackieFoxxless like a mobile icu?
@@koelan yeah, or a mobile treatment center! ;)
Why do the sirens in japan soun dlike a WWII air raid horn?
very nice video😍
Thank you!!
I saw that police, fire and the ambulances use the speech, do they actually say them through the megaphone or is it like already installed as a trigger?
It would be much more efficient to use blue lights instead of red…
Why do Japanese ambulances drive so slowly to an emergency or to the hospital? It seems like they drive very slowly compared to North American or Western European ambulances, even when the road appears to be empty.
Over here in Canada and in the US, the ambulances drive very quickly and aggressively to emergency calls where the patient is critically ill or severely injured (called a "Code 3" or a "Code 4" response, depending on the EMS service).
Paramedics take their jobs very seriously and are very dedicated to saving lives and will do whatever is necessary to save a patient's life and get them to the nearest Emergency Department/Trauma Centre as quickly as possible so that the patient is more likely to survive.
+Full-Blooded Old Stock Canadian
>Why do Japanese ambulances drive so slowly to an emergency or to the hospital? It seems like they drive very slowly compared to North American or Western European ambulances, even when the road appears to be empty.
--Paramedic was drive slowly for brain patients.
Brain patients vulnerable to vibration.
>Over here in Canada and in the US, the ambulances drive very quickly and aggressively to emergency calls where the patient is critically ill or severely injured (called a "Code 3" or a "Code 4" response, depending on the EMS service).
--In japan,patient critically ill,when respond "PA"work.
+救急熊消
> --Paramedic was drive slowly for brain patients.
Brain patients vulnerable to vibration.
To be honest, I don't agree with this. You're very correct when you say that head trauma patients are vulnerable to vibration, but I don't think that this is a very good explanation as to why Japanese ambulances drive so slowly. If anything, they should be driving quickly with patients with head trauma. Paramedics and trauma centre staff have protocols to stabilize head trauma patients so that they can be moved safely.
Also, patients with brain, head or spine trauma are very critically injured and have to be brought to the hospital as quickly as possible. Every second counts. I have several friends that are paramedics and they have told me that in spine or head trauma cases, they have to stabilize the patient and get them to the hospital as quickly as possible, no matter what it takes.
I'm not a doctor, a paramedic, or a nurse, but I'm an allied health professional that has worked many years in ER/Trauma Centres, and I can tell you that in major trauma cases, every second matters. When an ambulance radios the ER saying that they're inbound with a major trauma case, the trauma team quickly goes into action and prepares everything for the arrival of the patient. They even announce the estimated time until the ambulance arrives over the ER's PA system in some cases. In very severe cases, the police will escort the ambulance to the hospital. Ambulances responding to trauma calls will also sometimes have a doctor and/or an RN in the ambulance with the Paramedics. In some jurisdictions, they also have trauma doctors that respond directly to the scene.
No paramedic, nurse or doctor that I know or have ever known would move slowly with a patient that has major trauma, such as head/spine trauma. I mean no offense when I say any of this, but I find it to be very odd that Japanese paramedics would move so slowly with critically ill or injured patients. You may be interested in looking at an emergency medicine theory known as "The Golden Hour".
Paramedics are extremely professional front-line healthcare workers that take their jobs extremely seriously and are incredibly devoted to their jobs and to saving lives. They would never, EVER move slowly when a patient's life is on the line.
To be honest, if all ambulances moved as slowly with major trauma cases as these Japanese ambulances do, there would be a lot of dead patients.
I mean no offense when I say any of this, but it's just very odd that the ambulances in Japan move so slowly. I apologize for the long reply.
+Full-Blooded Old Stock Canadian
First off, apologies for responding to such an ancient comment, but I'm a US Paramedic and wanted to offer some insight.
If I'm on an open stretch of highway with low traffic, the fastest I'm going to go is 75mph. For legal and safety reasons. I always slow down significantly and/or stop when I approach an intersection, even if the light's green. And if I have a patient in the back, even if they're code trauma, I'm not breaking 75 mph on the highway, and I'm definitely not going to try and go as fast as possible on cramped, crowded city streets in an oblong, top-heavy vehicle prone to rollover.
The way I look at it is this. I try to drive efficiently. If I wreck the ambulance en route to a call I can't help anyone anymore, and have sabotaged my own job. If I kill somebody while trying to drive too fast I've failed as a caregiver and public servant, especially if there's a patient in the back.
You may have seen people pushing speed, but I can't say you're speaking for me when you talk about medics and first responders going as fast as possible and never moving slowly. High-flow diesel can be the best treatment for the patient in certain situations, but driving fast is inherently dangers, and getting them to definitive care safely is the ultimate goal.
Also, something to note is that these trucks are operating in very developed, urban environments, in a country with the best life expectancy on the globe. They know what they're doing. "The Golden Hour" can be easily maintained going 45 mph and under if there's always a trauma-ready hospital no more than 15-20 minutes away. A luxury we don't have in large parts of NA outside of major cities. So while we do things differently, they definitely know what works for them.
+BJvideo
Thank you for your insight! It gave me a very different perspective on things. I was being narrow-minded and a bit pissy in my old reply. It just seemed really puzzling that their ambulances seem to move slowly. All of your points were great, but the one that really stood out was about they're operating in very dense urban environments and that they know what works best for them. The Japanese are excellent when it comes to developing a sensible protocol for most anything. It may seem strange by N.American standards, but it's nonetheless sensible. Your Doom avatar was the icing on the cake btw. A paramedic that's also a Doom fan is always good in my books. Just make sure that you stock your truck with a lot of stimpacks and a few Berserk Kits (just in case you have to treat a psychotic Imp or if you have to perform CPR on a Hell Knight). You may also need a chainsaw if you have to do a chest decompression on a Demon or if your trauma shears won't cut through a Cacodemon's clothes. Having an Arch-Vile as a partner wouldn't hurt either. They're the kings of ACLS; nobody resuscitates a coding pt. as quickly as they do. Just make sure you don't make him mad. Keep a plasma rifle, or if your EMS service has them, a BFG 9000, handy just in case you get in a tiff with him. Saying IDDQD and IDKFA out loud three times works as well.
Thank you!!
Ahhhh nostalgic
dubai needs these techniques. that way, they can have better ways to respond! :)
That sounds like ADK Hospital ambulance
*GOTTA LUV THE "SUPER AMBULANCE" @ ****0:54*
*BUT IS PIKACHU DRIVING???*
Pikachu isn't real!
@@florjanbrudar692 because its a joke
this ambulance will pass please give me way
Kyukyusha ga tori mas, michi wo akete kudasai
Japanese ambulance sound = Austria ambulance sound
What a coincidence, ambulances here in Philippines is mostly Toyota Hiace too.
hmmm that good amblance in the usa there are many calls
Emergency calls in Japan:
Year/about 5.98 million stars.
I see that good
I know the brand of ambulance Toyota himedic
Emergency Number 119 In Japan
I'm gonna call it
Meanwhile new york : switches from normal siren to earrape so stubborn newyorkers get out the f-ing way.
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American Emergency Responders just scream 'MOVE OUT OF THE GODDAMM WAY!' and just mash the airhorn button while going 250 by an intersection. -
With that speed you ain’t gonna save anyone’s life
Well, considering how traffic isn't as bad as New York, I don't see any reason that the driver has to race to the hospital.
Ambulance 🚑 of Japan 🇯🇵 that siren nina nina uuuuu nina
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It's the Hello Kitty Ambulance Edition. Nothing "super" at all about these clowns. You'll be dead by the time they show up lol
They get there faster than the ones in NYC.
Cool video! Greeting from Paris, France!
The NYPD and several other agencies in the united states use a fast version of it
love the siren! Do you know the model of the siren by any chance?
Patlite
Nice car.
Why do the ambulances in Japan drive slowly, and how come the paramedics on board the ambulance look like surgeons or doctors, instead of having a different uniform?
Not ride the doctor in an ambulance of Japan. However, EMTs will ride.
Blue uniforms is infection protective clothing.
Japanese ambulances drive slowly for multiple reasons, including patient comfort, onboard medical procedures, and accident avoidance. Contrarary to popular belief, the Japanese are NOT the best at giving way to ambulances, especially those riding bicycles or on foot. You'll see plenty of pedestrians and bicycles trying to rush across the street when an ambulance is coming with lights flashing and sirens blaring, thinking that they can beat the ambulance in speed. They move out of the way ONLY when there's stationary traffic due to congestion, and the ambulance is coming from front or behind. Otherwise they just ignore the ambulance. If you watch more videos of Japanese ambulances, you'll notice when an ambulance crosses a junction during red light, hardly any cars will stop. So ambulance drivers have to be careful when they go through a red light, and Western style dashing through the red light with lights & sirens will be a suicide move here in Japan. Even though Japanese people are known for their politeness and mutual consideration, there's always an exception to the rule. Giving way to ambulances is definitely one of them.
Also, most Japanese ambulances belong to the fire brigades and they only have 3 EMTs onboard. In case if ALS is required, either a specialised ambulance with doctors and nurses onboard from the hospital will come, or they might dispatch a doctor to the scene or meet up with the regular ambulance halfway to provide care for the patient. Both the ALS ambulances and physician response cars are called 'doctor car' (ドクターカー) in Japan, despite being two completely different kinds of vehicles.
The uniform is called 感染防止服, which stands for 'infection prevention uniform'. Japanese EMTs take a lot safety precautions, because you never know if the patient has something highly infectious, such as HIV. So it's a standard practice for Japanese EMTs to wear long-sleeved uniform regardless which season it is, unlike Western EMTs. It's also why they wear face masks even before COVID happened, and they also wear helmets for safety too.
I keep hearing this but im in Texas ??
I like Ambulance
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