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Because the vehicle is ambulating the patient.

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Q: Why do you call the vehicle for moving stretcher cases an ambulance when walking cases are ambulant?
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Why do you call the vehicle for walking cases an ambulance?

Ambulance comes from the Latin ambulare, to walk about.


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That is the correct spelling of "ambulance" (emergency medical vehicle).


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The Latin verb ambulo means "I walk". Ambulant is the third person plural: they walk, they are walking.


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You can reduce vehicle emissions by carpooling, walking, public transportation or walking instead of using your own vehicle, aswell as using efficient gas.


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