SCDF unveils new ambulance that can be reconfigured quickly to carry 2 patients at a time

With extra leg room for paramedics at the airway seat, this will improve paramedics’ access to the patient in the ambulance.

The new ambulance also has side-facing paramedic seats that provide direct access to patients and allow paramedics to deliver care while seated securely.

This is an upgrade from the single front-facing seats of previous generation ambulances, and the SCDF used lessons from overseas experiences and feedback from the crew to make the change, Major Yeo Ren Jie, senior staff officer for emergency medical services deployment (systems), told CNA.

“Because for Singapore, our approach is more of a load-and-go concept, whereby we will try to do a lot of resuscitation processes inside the moving ambulance,” he added. 

These seats come with high-mobility seat belts for paramedics to move their upper body more freely so they can lean forward and reach the patient without having to unbuckle.