Aorta. The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body. It is an artery that directly arises from the heart itself and descends through the thorax and into the abdomen. All the arteries of the body, save the pulmonary arteries, stem from the aorta or one of its main branches.
Ambulance Services. Ambulance Services Overview The Office of Emergency Medical Services licenses all ambulance services that are based in or regularly operate in Massachusetts, and certifies ambulance vehicles. Ambulance services may be private for-profit enterprises, private non-profit entities, municipally run or volunteer services.
My supervisor at work is working part-time as a paramedic, and she told me that ambulances can technically be ticketed for speeding, even if they have their lights and sirens going. She says it only gives them license to exceed the speed limit by 10 miles per hour, and anything past that is illegal.