Ambulance

Websites I used are: http://www.wmas.nhs.uk/

http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/A.Finkelstein/las/lascase0.9.pdf

Both ambulance services have benifited greatly from the increase in IT. For one, the equipment added to the vehicle has allowed the ambulance teams to arrive at the situation quickly, and the upgraded equipment for treating injured patients allow them to treat the patient far more effectively, possibly preventing them from needing to go to the hospital, thus saving space.

One of the main disadvantages however, is that if the power failed, all the equipment the ambulance service uses would fail, causing the effectiveness of the service to decrease. However, the increase in IT allows the ambulance to know exactly what is wrong, and how to treat of support the patient before they even arrive.