page_title: Motorcycle ambulance
section_title: Japan
hierarchical_section_title: Motorcycle ambulance / Worldwide motorcycle ambulances / Japan
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 太田市消防本部の救命バイク。太田市防災訓練にて撮影。
context_page_description: Motorcycle ambulances are a type of emergency vehicle which either carries a solo paramedic or first responder to a patient; or is used with a trailer or sidecar for transporting patients. Because of its size and performance, a motorcycle ambulance is able to respond to a medical emergency much faster than a car, van, or fire truck in heavy traffic,
  which can increase survival rates for patients suffering cardiac arrest.
context_section_description: In some areas of Japan, Japanese fire departments use off-road motorcycles as emergency vehicles. They are useful for negotiating the small streets and heavy traffic in the large urban areas of Japanese cities. Having off-road motorcycles helps in responding to the mountain hills that are around a lot of cities. Some departments would likely have their crews in teams of two or three motorcycles. One of the motorcycles carries a first aid kit and/or automated external defibrillator. The other motorcycles in this team may carry fire fighting and rescue equipment. Most crews are firefighters with training in first responder, First Aid, and/or paramedic. Each crew member wears a lightweight fire suit and a fire fighting motorcycle helmet. A lot of these motorcycles have their own radio, cargo bays, lights and sirens.
caption: A "Lifesaving Rider" motorcycle of Ota City Fire Department, Gunma Prefecture
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