Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal The Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal is a long service medal of the United Kingdom established in 1995. The medal is awarded to recognize long service by members of the ambulance services who serve on emergency duty. The Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal is presented for 20 years of commendable service to Ambulance Technicians, Paramedics, and Ambulance Officers. Ambulance Officers must have served at least seven years on emergency duty. Service prior to 1974 in an ambulance service maintained by
Shingles The family name of all the herpesviridae derives from the Greek word "herpein" ("to creep"), referring to the latent, recurring infections typical of this group of viruses. "Zoster" comes from Greek "zōstēr", meaning "belt" or "girdle", after the characteristic belt-like dermatomal rash. The common name for the disease, "shingles", derives from the Latin "cingulus", a variant of Latin "cingulum" meaning "girdle". In Arabic its name means "belt of fire", while in Spanish it means "small snake"; in Hindi it means "big rash" and in Norwegian its name is "helvetesild", literally "hell's fire". Until the mid 1990s, infectious complications of the