What ambulance service is a common name used by a number of affiliated organisations in different countries dedicated to the teaching and practice of medical first aid and the provision of ambulance services, all of which derive their origins from an association founded in 1877 in England?
St John Ambulance St John Ambulance St John Ambulance is the name of a number of affiliated organisations in different countries, which teach and provide first aid and emergency medicine and are primarily staffed by volunteers. The associations are overseen by the international Order of St John and its priories (national branches). The first such organization to be founded was the St John Ambulance Association, which was founded in 1877 in England. Its first uniformed first-aiders were founded in 1887 as the St John Ambulance Brigade. These two have since been merged into a single association. St John Ambulance now have over 40
Scottish Ambulance Service being shortened to the now-current Scottish Ambulance Service. St. Andrew's First Aid, which is the trading name of St. Andrew's Ambulance Association, continues as a voluntary organisation and provides first aid training and provision in a private capacity. The Scottish Ambulance Service now continues in its current form as one of the largest emergency medical providers in the UK, employing more than 4,000 staff in a variety of roles and responding to 740,631 emergency incidents in 2015/2016 alone. The service, like the rest of the National Health Service is free at point of access and is widely utilised by the