The speed limit for ambulances in Japan is set by law at 80 km/h on ordinary roads and 100 km/h on highways, but that speed is extremely rare due to Japan's narrow streets and chronic hospital shortages. The automatic voice from the ambulances is intended to alert you to right and left turns.
Why is it so slow? According to a former EMT from Japan, I summed up the following reasons: 1. There are legal limits on the speed of ambulances in Japan. The normal road is 80km/h and the highway is 100km/h. 2. For example, If the patient has a fracture, an unstable movement may make the condition worse. 3. Because ambulances are very heavy and most roads in Japan are narrow, in order to avoid the sudden braking at high speed. 4. An unstable movement may influence the analysis of AED. 5. The EMT will determine the patient's condition in the ambulance and then go to the corresponding hospital, so as to reduce the waste of medical resources.（Hospitals may reject patients, so they may be on the way to another hospital）
It's amazing how cultural circumstances can alter your taste in EVERYTHING. As an American, the Japanese ambulances, sirens, and overall way of going about an emergency response just looks ridiculous! And I'm sure they feel the same about us! Thanks for the perspective!
Perhaps these are not priority calls. Or maybe they are a secondary unit dispatched as a back up. That’s why they had a code 2 response. But I would agree, by the first looks of things, it would be faster to fly back to the United States and get medical treatment here versus calling the Japanese emergency number for an ambulance.
"Attention, the ambulance is turning left" or something like that. That's a standard thing on Japanese ambulances. Whenever lights & sirens are activated and they use the turn signal their automatic PA announcements warn drivers which way they go.
안녕하세요! JTBC '한문철의 블랙박스 리뷰' 팀입니다. 저희가 이번 회차에서 해외 구급차 사이렌과 한국의 구급차 사이렌 소리를 비교할 때 해당 해당 영상을 사용하고 싶어 댓글 남깁니다. 만약 영상 사용을 허가해 주신다면, 유튜브 출처를 밝히고 사용할 예정입니다. 답글 부탁 드립니다. 감사합니다.
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The speed limit for ambulances in Japan is set by law at 80 km/h on ordinary roads and 100 km/h on highways, but that speed is extremely rare due to Japan's narrow streets and chronic hospital shortages.
The automatic voice from the ambulances is intended to alert you to right and left turns.
Why is it so slow? According to a former EMT from Japan, I summed up the following reasons:
1. There are legal limits on the speed of ambulances in Japan. The normal road is 80km/h and the highway is 100km/h.
2. For example, If the patient has a fracture, an unstable movement may make the condition worse.
3. Because ambulances are very heavy and most roads in Japan are narrow, in order to avoid the sudden braking at high speed.
4. An unstable movement may influence the analysis of AED.
5. The EMT will determine the patient's condition in the ambulance and then go to the corresponding hospital, so as to reduce the waste of medical resources.（Hospitals may reject patients, so they may be on the way to another hospital）
Nice one!
The ambulance at 3:50 is actually from the Kumamoto University Hospital (熊本大学病院), not the Fire Department
3:42 This is Hospital Ambulance
Here boys we see the hero of part 4
Do i smell... a JOJO REFERENCE?!?!?
People that don't know that this is an ambulance, probably first thought that it was an Japanese Ice cream van!😂😂
It's amazing how cultural circumstances can alter your taste in EVERYTHING. As an American, the Japanese ambulances, sirens, and overall way of going about an emergency response just looks ridiculous! And I'm sure they feel the same about us! Thanks for the perspective!
For starters they have universal healthcare
@@mar07in What's the healthcare for if you bleed out and die because the ambulance was going slower than a skateboard?
Awesome video but god forbid I ever need medical attention in Japan. Looks like it would take them forever to get there!
Perhaps these are not priority calls. Or maybe they are a secondary unit dispatched as a back up. That’s why they had a code 2 response. But I would agree, by the first looks of things, it would be faster to fly back to the United States and get medical treatment here versus calling the Japanese emergency number for an ambulance.
4:06 what are the announcements saying?
"Attention, the ambulance is turning left" or something like that. That's a standard thing on Japanese ambulances. Whenever lights & sirens are activated and they use the turn signal their automatic PA announcements warn drivers which way they go.
The ambulance is turning left. Please take note
i used to live in Japan and i loved the ambulance siren
Sounds like a damn merry go round tune
I love kumamoto...
We from indonesiaan java
Tbh i love harmony siren like 00:33.
What are they saying over the pa while the siren is on?
*Kira's qiuet adventure: Neck is breakable*
Was wird dort gesprochen ?
It looks like the one from cities skylines
Nice vidéo
Awesome!
안녕하세요! JTBC '한문철의 블랙박스 리뷰' 팀입니다.
저희가 이번 회차에서 해외 구급차 사이렌과 한국의 구급차 사이렌 소리를 비교할 때
해당 해당 영상을 사용하고 싶어 댓글 남깁니다.
만약 영상 사용을 허가해 주신다면, 유튜브 출처를 밝히고 사용할 예정입니다.
답글 부탁 드립니다.
감사합니다.
Do they sell ice cream ?
jybuys no it’s a ambulance
No, but it saves lives!
👍
I'm not first
Я не первый
Я третий :з
Would be faster getting the bus
The ice cream van is driving and saying something lol
JOOJ REFRANCE!!!!!!!!!
Jesus Christ, why don't they just walk or take the bus. Can you drive any slower?
Yep you're right, in Japan the ambulances are, notoriously, very slow
That’s not slow