Explanatory Note
Title: Transporting patients in an ambulance
Includes the transport of patients by ambulance (includes air ambulances), normally,
equipped with life support equipment, including provision of primary care by
ambulance technicians or doctors.
Does not include:
Mobile operating theaters (86100);
Transport of patients by other vehicles (H);
Transporting patients in road vehicles without healthcare professionals and equipment
life support (49);
Transporting patients on vessels without healthcare professionals and medical equipment
life support (50);
Transporting patients on aircraft without healthcare professionals and support equipment
of life (51);
Transport of blood and organs (86991);